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THE 


Presbytery  of  New  York 


1738    TO    1888 


BY 


S.    D.    ALEXANDER 


STATED     CLERK 


NEW  YORK 
ANSON   D.  F.  RANDOLPH   AND   COMPANY 

38  West  Twenty-Third  Stpfw-^ 


SEmbersitg  Ij^xzss: 

John  Wilson  and  Son,  Cambridge. 


PREFACE. 


'T^HIS  book  can  hardly  be  dignified  by  the  title  of  a 
■^  History  of  the  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  York.  It  is 
simply  an  abstract  of  history.  I  have  dealt  in  facts  de- 
rived from  the  records  of  the  Presbytery  of  New  York 
and  the  various  Presbyteries  which  sprung  from  it.  Its 
chief  value  consists  in  a  statement  of  the  changes  which 
have  occurred  in  the  various  churches  organized,  received, 
or  dissolved  during  the  century  and  a  half  which  has 
elapsed  since  the  first  organization  of  the  Presbytery  of 
New  York. 

No  attempt  has  been  made  to  draw  inferences  from  the 
facts  presented,  but  they  are  left  to  speak  for  themselves. 
The  Presbyteries  which,  since  the  reunion  in  1870,  have 
been  included  in  the  Presbytery  of  New  York  are  placed 
in  the  order  of  their  organization :  the  Fourth,  originally 
an  Associate  Reformed  Presbytery;  the  Third,  constituted 
on  the  principle  of  "  elective  affinity ;  "  and  the  Second, 
constituted,  at  the  time  of  the  disruption,  by  the  Old- 
School  Synod  of  New  York. 

In  such  a  compilation  as  this  errors  must  occur,  —  errors 
of  the  compiler  and  errors  in  the  original  records.  Every 
effort  has  been  made  to  secure  correctness  in  the  dates. 


VI  PREFACE. 

Although  the  history  assumes  to  include  the  facts  up  to 
May,  1888,  yet  there  are  a  few  months  which  have  not 
come  under  review.  The  changes  which  may  take  place 
in  these  months  will  probably  be  few  and  immaterial. 

These  foundations  of  history  are  left  for  a  future  histo- 
rian of  a  Presbytery  that  is  just  fifty  years  older  than  our 
General  Assembly. 

New  York,  October,  1887. 


CONTENTS. 


The  Presbytery  of  New  York,  i  738-1 809  .  .  . 
The  Presbytery  of  New  York,  1810-1870  .  .  . 
The  Fourth  Presbytery  of  New  York,  182 2-1 870 
The  Third  Presbytery  of  New  York,  1830-18  70  . 
The  Second  Presbytery  of  New  York,  1838-1870 
The  Presbytery  of  New  York,  18  70-1 888    .    .    . 


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APPENDIX. 

List  of  Ministers  belonging  to  the  Presbytery  of  New  York 
from  its  organization  in  1738  to  its  reorganization  in 
1809;  together  with  the  date  of  their  ordination,  and 
the  bodies  by  whom  they  were  ordained      .     .     .     .     155 

List  of  Ministers  belonging  to  the  Presbytery  of  New  York 
from  its  reorganization  in  1809  to  the  reunion  in  1870, 
with  the  date  of  their  ordination 159 

List  of  Ministers  belonging  to  the  Presbytery  of  New  York 

from  1870  to  1888,  with  the  date  of  their  ordination     .     163 

Candidates  Licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of  New  York  up  to 

1870 167 

Licentiates  Received  from  other  Presbyteries 1 70 

Candidates  Licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of  New  York  from 

1870  to  1888 171 


viii  CONTENTS. 

Page 

Licentiates  Received  by  the  Presbytery  of  New  York  from 

1870  to  1888 173 

List  of  Ministers  belonging  to  the  Fourth  Presbytery  of  New 
York  from  its  union  with  the  General  Assembly  in  1822 
to  the  reunion  in  1870 174 

Candidates  Licensed  by  the  Fourth  Presbytery  of  New  York 

from  its  organization  in  1822  to  the  reunion  in  1870      .     176 

Licentiates  Received  from  other  bodies 177 

List  of  Ministers  belonging  to  the  Third  Presbytery  of  New 
York  from  its  organization  in  1830  to  the  reunion  in 
1870 178 

Candidates  Licensed  by  the  Third  Presbytery  of  New  York  .     182 

List  of  Ministers  belonging  to  the  Second  Presbytery  of  New 
York  from  the  disruption  in  1838  to  the  reunion  in 
1870 186 

List  of  Candidates  Licensed  by  the  Second  Presbytery  of 

New  York  from  1838  to  1870 187 

Index 191 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK. 
1738-1809. 


»    ■■  ■     II    ^  II  r  I* 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK. 
1 738 -1 809. 


THE  Presbytery  of  New  York  was  born  in  times  of 
great  excitement  and  religious  fervor,  when  even 
the  best  men  in  the  Church  were  carried  beyond  the 
bounds  of  Christian  meelcness  and  charity  in  their  hot 
controversies,  which  at  last  resulted  in  a  division  of  the 
Synod  of  Philadelphia,  then  the  only  Synod  of  the 
Church. 

The  history  of  these  controversies  has  been  fully  and 
ably  written,  so  that  it  will  not  be  necessary  to  enter  into 
this  subject,  save  so  far  as  the  Presbytery  of  New  York  is 
connected  with  them. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Synod  of  Philadelphia,  held  on  the 
24th  of  May,  1738,  the  following  action  was  taken  :  — 

"The  Presbytery  of  Long  Island  being  reduced  so  that  a 
quorum  cannot  statedly  meet  about  business,  it  is  ordered  that 
they  be  united  to  the  Presbytery  of  East  Jersey,  and  to  be  hence- 
forth known  by  the  name  of  the  Presbytery  of  New  York." 

The  new  Presbytery,  as  thus  erected,  consisted  of  the 
following  ministers:  JONATHAN  DICKINSON,  JOHN  PlER- 
soN,  Joseph  Houston,  Nathaniel  Hubbell,  Ebene- 
ZER  Pemberton,  John  Nutman,  Joseph  Webb,  Isaac 
Chalker,  Samuel  Pumroy,  Simon  Horton,  Joseph 
Lamb,  George  Phillips,  Sylvanus  White,  Walter 
Wilmot,  Silas  Leonard,  and  Aaron  Burr. 


4  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK. 

A  brief  notice  of  each  of  these  fathers  of  the  Presbytery 
is  certainly  becoming  in  a  history  of  that  body. 

Jonathan  Dickinson  was  the  oldest  and  the  most  distin- 
guished member  of  the  new  Presbytery.  He  was  a  native 
of  Hatfield,  Mass.,  and  a  graduate  of  Yale  College  in  1706. 
In  1708  he  came  to  Elizabethtown,  N.  J.,  and  labored  for 
some  months  in  the  surrounding  region.  So  acceptable 
were  his  ministrations  that  he  was  invited  to  take  charge 
of  the  Independent  Church  in  Elizabethtown.  He  ac- 
cepted this  call,  and  was  ordained  on  the  29th  of  Septem- 
ber, 1709,  by  the  consociated  ministers  of  Fairfield,  Ct, 
who  came  on  invitation  to  perform  that  service.  In  171 7 
Mr.  Dickinson  joined  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia, 
and  soon  after,  his  Church  put  itself  under  the  care  of 
Presbytery.  Dickinson  may  be  considered  the  father  of 
the  "  Adopting  Act,"  and  was  the  great  champion  of  the 
truth  in  opposition  to  the  system  of  English  deism  then 
beginning  to  spread  its  pernicious  influence  in  the  com- 
munity. In  1733  the  Presbytery  of  East  Jersey  was 
erected,  and  Dickinson  became  its  acknowledged  leader. 
Afterwards,  as  a  member  of  the  Presbytery  of  New  York, 
he  was  prominent  in  the  controversies  which  shook  the 
Church.  Perhaps  the  crowning  work  of  his  life  was  the 
part  which  he  took  in  the  establishment  of  the  College  of 
New  Jersey,  of  which  he  became  the  first  president.  He 
died  October  7,  1747. 

John  Pierson,  the  second  on  the  roll  of  original  mem- 
bers, was  a  son  of  Abraham  Pierson,  the  first  president  of 
Yale  College.  He  graduated  at  Yale  in  171 1.  In  1714 
"  Mr.  John  Pierson,  clerk,"  was  called  from  Connecticut 
to  labor  in  Woodbridge,  N.  J.,  where  he  was  ordained, 
April  27,  1717,  by  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia.  He 
remained  in  Woodbridge  until  1753,  when  he  took  charge 
of  the  Church  at  Mendham,  N.  J.,  where  he  remained  ten 


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years,  thence  removing  to  Long  Island,  where  he  resided 
on  a  farm.  Mr.  Pierson  died  at  the  house  of  his  son-in- 
law,  the  Rev.  Jacob  Green,  Aug.  23,  1770. 

Joseph  Houston,  the  next  on  the  roll,  was  a  native  of 
Ireland,  from  whence  he  emigrated  to  New  England.  On 
the  24th  of  July,  1724,  he  was  taken  under  the  care  of  the 
New  Castle  Presbytery  as  a  probationer;  and  on  the  15th 
of  October  of  the  same  year  was  ordained  and  installed  by 
them  as  pastor  of  Elk  Church,  Md.  About  1739  or  1740 
he  was  installed  pastor  of  Wallkill  Church,  N.  Y.,  where  he 
died  a  few  months  later. 

Nathaniel  Hubbell  was  probably  an  Englishman  by 
birth.  He  was  graduated  at  Yale  1723,  and  was  ordained  by 
the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia  before  1727.  His  field  of 
labor  was  in  the  region  lying  back  of  Newark,  and  included 
the  churches  of  VVestfield  and  Hanover.  In  1730  he 
resigned  the  charge  of  Hanover,  retaining  Westfield  until 
about  1745,  when  he  was  dismissed,  taking  up  his  resi- 
dence at  Rahway.  He  afterwards  removed  to  Hunterdon 
County,  N.  J.,  where  he  died  in  1745. 

Ebenezer  Pemberton  was  a  most  influential  member 
of  Presbytery.  He  was  the  son  of  Ebenezer  Pemberton, 
one  of  the  pastors  of  Boston,  and  was  graduated  at  Harvard 
in  1 72 1.  On  the  9th  of  August,  1727,  he  was  ordained  in 
Boston,  with  the  view  of  becoming  pastor  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church  in  New  York,  made  vacant  by  the  removal 
of  James  Anderson.  His  work  was  carried  on  in  New 
York  amid  many  discouragements,  and  yet  with  abun- 
dant success  until  1754,  when  he  accepted  a  call  to  the 
"New  Brick  Church"  in  Boston,  where  he  preached  until 
February,  1774.  During  the  war  he  retired  to  Andover, 
where  he  died  September  9,  1779. 


6  THE   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW  YORK. 

Joseph  Webb  was  the  son  of  the  Rev.  Joseph  Webb,  of 
P'airfield,  Ct,  one  of  the  founders  of  Yale  College.  He 
was  graduated  at  Yale  in  171 5.  On  the  22d  of  October, 
1 7 19,  he  was  ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia, 
and  settled  as  pastor  at  Newark.  Hitherto  this  church 
had  been  independent,  but  by  an  influx  of  Scotch  and  of 
Huguenots  this  whole  community  became  infused  with  the 
leaven  of  Presbyterianism,  and  the  action  of  this  church  in 
joining  the  Synod  was  one  of  the  first  results.  Mr.  Webb 
continued  pastor  of  the  church  till  1736,  when  the  relation 
was  dissolved,  owing  to  a  difficulty  with  Colonel  Josiah 
Ogden,  a  distinguished  member  of  his  church,  who  had 
been  accused  of  gathering  his  harvest  on  the  Lord's  day 
to  prevent  its  destruction  by  rain.  Mr.  Webb  remained  in 
the  neighborhood  of  Newark  four  years  after  his  dismis- 
sion. His  last  appearance  in  Synod  was  in  1740.  It  is 
said  that  he  and  his  son  were  drowned  while  attempting  to 
cross  Saybrook  Ferry  in  Ct,  in  1741. 

John  Nutman  is  the  next  name  on  the  roll  of  Presby- 
tery. He  was  a  native  of  Newark,  N.  J.,  and  was  graduated 
at  Yale  in  1727.  In  1730  he  was  ordained  by  the  Presbytery 
of  Philadelphia  and  settled  at  Hanover,  N.  J.,  as  successor 
to  Nathaniel  Hubbell.  He  remained  in  this  charge  amid 
many  distractions  until  1745,  when  he  resigned  and  en- 
gaged in  teaching  in  Newark,  where  he  died  Sept.  i,  1751. 
A  daughter  of  Mr,  Nutman  was  the  first  wife  of  Jonathan 
Sergeant  and  grandmother  of  the  Rev.  John  Ewing,  D.D., 
of  Philadelphia. 

Isaac  Chalker  was  born  in  Connecticut,  and  was  grad- 
uated at  Yale  in  1728.  Soon  after  his  licensure  he  married 
and  removed  to  Long  Island,  but  how  or  where  he  was 
employed  we  do  not  know.  In  1734  he  was  ordained  by 
the  Presbytery  of  East  Jersey  as  pastor  of  Bethlehem  and 
Wallkill  Churches,  N.  Y.     He  left  this  charge  in  1743,  and 


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in   1744  became  pastor  of  a  Congregational   Church  at 
Eastbury,  Ct,  where  he  died  May  28,  1765. 

Simon  Horton  was  bom  in  Boston,  and  was  graduated  at 
Yale  in  1 73 1.  In  1734  he  was  ordained  by  the  Presbytery 
of  East  Jersey,  and  settled  at  Connecticut  Farms,  N.  J., 
then  recently  organized.  He  remained  in  this  charge  until 
1746,  when  he  accepted  a  call  to  Newtown,  L.  I.  This 
charge  he  resigned  in  1773,  but  after  the  removal  of 
Andrew  Bay,  his  successor,  he  supplied  the  Newtown 
Church  till  his  death  in  1786. 

George  Phillips,  the  next  on  the  roll,  was  a  son  of 
the  Rev.  Samuel  Phillips,  of  Rowley,  Mass.  He  was  gradu- 
ated at  Harvard  in  1686.  From  1693  to  1696  he  preached 
at  Jamaica,  L.  I.,  as  a  licentiate,  and  from  thence  he  re- 
moved to  Setauket,  L.  I.,  where  he  was  ordained  in  1702. 
He  was  one  of  the  original  members  of  the  Long  Island 
Presbytery.     Mr.  Phillips  died  in  1739. 

Samuel  Pumroy  was  descended  from  an  old  Puritan 
stock  of  Northampton,  Mass.  He  was  graduated  at  Yale 
in  1705.  In  1708  he  was  called  to  the  church  in  Newtown, 
L.  L,  and  accepting  the  call  was  ordained  at  Northampton, 
Mass.,  September  3,  1709.  On  the  23d  of  September, 
171 5,  he  was  received  into  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia, 
and  in  171 7  was  one  of  the  three  who  constituted  the 
Presbytery  of  Long  Island.  The  church  at  Newtown  re- 
mained independent  until  1724,  when,  a  bench  of  elders 
being  appointed,  it  became  presbyterian.  Mr.  Pumroy 
continued  in  this  charge  till  his  death,  June  30,  1744. 

Joseph  Lamb,  the  next  in  order,  was  graduated  at  Yale  in 
171 7.  Nothing  is  known  of  his  early  history.  The  year  he 
was  graduated  he  was  ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of  Long 
Island,  and  settled  at  Mattituck,  L.  I.,  where  he  continued 


8  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK. 

nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century.  In  1744  he  removed  to 
Baskingridge,  N.  J.,  where  he  died  in  1749.  He  must  have 
been  a  man  of  some  influence,  as  his  name  is  found  among 
the  early  trustees  of  the  College  of  New  Jersey. 

Sylvanus  White  was  the  son  of  the  Rev.  Ebenezer 
White,  pastor  of  a  Congregational  Church  at  Bridgehamp- 
ton,  L.  I.  He  was  graduated  at  Harvard  in  1723,  and  was 
ordained  by  a  Council,  Nov.  17,  1727,  as  pastor  of  South- 
ampton Church,  L.  I. 

Walter  Wilmot  was  born  on  Long  Island,  and  was 
graduated  at  Yale  in  1735.  He  was  ordained  pastor  of  the 
church  at  Jamaica,  April  12,  1738,  by  the  Presbytery  of 
Long  Island,  a  month  before  that  Presbytery  was  merged 
into  that  of  New  York.  His  life  was  a  short  but  useful  one, 
and  he  died  on  the  6th  of  August,  1744. 

There  is  but  little  known  of  SiLAS  LEONARD,  another 
on  the  roll  of  Presbytery.  He  was  born  in  Massachusetts, 
and  belonged  to  a  family  who  were  the  great  iron-masters 
in  their  day.  He  was  graduated  at  Yale  in  1736,  and  was 
ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of  East  Jersey  in  1738,  as  pastor 
of  the  church  at  Goshen,  N.  Y.     He  died  in  1764. 

The  last  of  the  original  members  of  the  Presbytery  of 
New  York  is  Aaron  Burr.  He  was  a  class-mate  at  Yale 
with  Wilmot,  and  was  graduated  in  1 73  5 .  After  his  licensure 
he  went  to  New  Jersey  and  supplied  the  church  at  Han- 
over. While  there  he  was  invited  to  Newark  to  succeed 
Webb.  After  preaching  there  a  year  he  was  ordained  and 
installed  by  the  Presbytery  of  East  Jersey,  Jan.  25,  1738. 
On  the  death  of  Dickinson,  the  oldest  ordained  minister  of 
the  Presbytery  of  New  York,  Aaron  Burr,  the  youngest 
member,  was  appointed  to  succeed  him  as  president  of  the 
College  of  New  Jersey. 


THE   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW  YORK.  9 

From  these  brief  sketches  of  the  original  members  of 
the  Presbytery  of  New  York,  we  learn  that  twelve  were 
graduates  of  Yale  College,  and  three  of  Harvard ;  and  one, 
Joseph  Houston,  probably  received  a  liberal  education 
before  leaving  Ireland. 

All  these  men  were  of  high  Christian  character,  and 
some  of  them  were  the  wisest  and  most  conservative  men 
in  the  church,  especially  Dickinson,  of  whom  Dr.  Sprague 
writes,  "  It  may  be  doubted  whether,  with  the  single 
exception  of  the  elder  Edwards,  Calvinism  has  ever  found 
an  abler  or  more  efficient  champion  in  this  country." 

These  were  the  men  who  now  addressed  themselves,  in 
their  sphere,  to  the  upbuilding,  training,  and  government 
of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  soon  to  be  shaken  with 
unhappy  conflicts. 

It  is  a  great  misfortune  that  the  records  of  the  Presby- 
tery of  New  York  from  its  origin  to  May,  1775,  are  irrevo- 
cably lost,  as  well  as  those  of  the  Presbyteries  of  Long 
Island  and  of  East  Jersey.  Our  chief  resource  must  there- 
fore be  the  records  of  the  Synods  of  Philadelphia,  New 
York,  and  New  York  and  Philadelphia. 

On  the  erection  of  the  Presbytery  of  New  York  it  con- 
sisted of  sixteen  ministers,  as  noticed  above,  and  fourteen 
churches,  namely,  Woodbridge,  Hanover,  Elizabethtown, 
Westfield,  Newark,  and  Connecticut  Farms,  in  New  Jersey; 
Wallkill,  Bethlehem,  and  Goshen,  in  and  about  the  High- 
lands of  New  York;  and  Jamaica,  Newtown,  Setauket  and 
Mattituck,  on  Long  Island ;  and  New  York  City.  The 
churches  of  Elizabethtown  and  Newark,  and  those  on  Long 
Island  were  originally  Congregational  in  their  government; 
the  rest  were  of  Presbyterian  origin. 

In  1729  the  Adopting  Act  was  passed  by  the  Synod  of 
Philadelphia,  by  the  terms  of  which  all  members  of  Synod 
and  all  candidates  asking  admission  to  Presbyteries  were 
required  to  assent  to  the  Westminster  Confession  of  Faith. 
Here  was  the  beginning  of  troubles  in  the  church.     It  is 


10  THE  PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW   YORK. 

not  within  our  province  to  enlarge  on  the  history  of  these 
troubles,  but  from  this  point  they  began  to  accumulate. 
In  1734,  Gilbert  Tennent  introduced  into  the  Synod  an 
overture  on  the  more  careful  examination  of  candidates  for 
the  ministry  and  for  admission  to  the  Lord's  Supper,  which 
met  the  hearty  approbation  of  all,  and  a  solemn  "  admoni- 
tion "  to  the  churches  was  passed.  The  next  year  the 
subject  was  again  introduced,  and  the  Presbyteries  were 
strongly  exhorted,  in  view  of  its  importance,  to  exact  com- 
pliance with  the  Synod's  action.  In  1736,  at  the  examina- 
tion of  David  Cowell  for  ordination,  by  a  committee  of  the 
Presbytery  of  Philadelphia,  some  of  his  views  were  unsatis- 
factory to  Gilbert  Tennent,  who  wrote  to  Cowell,  but  still 
remained  dissatisfied  ;  and  at  the  meeting  of  Synod  in  1738 
he  brought  the  subject  forward,  but  without  gaining  what 
he  sought.  He  was  still  more  offended  when  Synod 
directed  that  all  candidates  should  be  examined  by  their 
own  committee, —  casting,  as  he  thought,  a  slur  upon  his 
father's  school  at  Neshaminy.  This  was  a  subject  of  con- 
stant irritation  for  several  years,  and  many  of  the  most 
influential  ministers  in  the  church  warmly  sympathized 
with  Mr.  Tennent.  It  was  while  the  church  was  in  this 
state  of  ferment,  that  the  Presbyteries  of  New  York  and 
New  Brunswick  were  erected. 

It  will  be  impossible  to  go  into  details  in  reference  to 
this  controversy,  and  therefore  we  confine  ourselves  to  its 
connection  with  the  Presbytery  of  New  York. 

In  1 741  the  Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick  and  some 
ministers  adhering  to  them  were  excluded  or  withdrew 
from  S}^nod.  How  the  Presbytery  of  New  York  stood  in 
this  matter  may  be  learned  from  their  first  official  action 
at  a  meeting  held  at  Newark,  N.  J.,  on  the  15th  of  May, 
1743.  At  that  meeting  an  overture  was  adopted  and  sent 
up  to  the  Synod  of  that  year.  The  year  previous  Dickin- 
son, Pierson,  Pemberton,  and  Horton,  of  the  Presbytery  of 
New  York,  and  others,  protested  against  the  exclusion  of 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK.         II 

the  New  Brunswick  party;  but  the  overture  now  under 
consideration  was  the  first  action  of  the  Presbytery  in  its 
official  capacity.  The  overture  first  asks  that  the  action 
excluding  the  Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick  be  withdrawn, 
because  there  had  not  been  a  deliberate  vote  of  the  Synod 
founded  upon  a  distinct  hearing  of  the  case.  Its  second 
point  was  in  reference  to  the  education  of  candidates  for 
the  ministry,  proposing  that,  in  order  to  heal  differences, 
those  who  had  been  privately  educated  should  submit  to 
examination  according  to  the  former  order  of  the  Synod, 
or  be  sent  to  one  of  the  New  England  colleges,  where  they 
should  remain  at  least  one  year  before  taking  a  degree. 
The  third  point  referred  to  itinerant  preaching,  suggesting 
that  there  should  be  a  free  interchange  of  pulpits  among 
the  brethren  of  the  Synod,  and  a  discouragement  of  all  sep- 
arate meetings  tending  to  schism  or  confusion.  The  fourth 
point  referred  to  the  manner  of  treating  irregularities  in  doc- 
trine, or  in  manner  of  preaching  and  life.  The  fifth  point 
recommended  that  all  former  differences  should  be  hence- 
forth buried  in  oblivion.  And  the  last  point  insisted  upon 
the  absolute  necessity  of  "  union  and  good  agreement." 

This  overture  of  the  New  York  brethren  was  intended  to 
heal  all  the  differences,  but  it  was  unanimously  rejected. 
In  consequence  of  this  action  Messrs.  Dickinson,  Pierson, 
and  Pemberton  presented  a  paper  in  which  they  claimed  that 
the  New  Brunswick  Presbytery  and  their  adherents  had  as 
much  right  to  sit  in  Synod  as  they  themselves  had,  and 
that  so  long  as  these  brethren  were  excluded  they  could 
not  see  their  way  clear  to  sit  as  members. 

At  the  same  time  Mr.  Burr,  in  a  communication  to  the 
New  Brunswick  brethren,  endeavored  to  bring  them  back  by 
inducing  them  to  submit  to  the  Synod  in  certain  particulars. 

At  the  next  meeting  of  Synod,  in  1744,  the  Presbytery 
of  New  York  was  not  represented,  but  in  1745  Messrs. 
Dickinson  and  Pemberton,  in  the  name  of  the  Presbytery 
and  by  a  commission   from  them,  asked  the    Synod   to 


12  THE   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW   YORK. 

appoint  a  committee  of  conference  who  should  prepare  an 
overture  by  which  all  differences  between  them  and  the 
Synod  should  be  removed.  This  committee  was  appointed 
and  subsequently  made  an  elaborate  report.  The  mem- 
bers of  the  New  York  Presbytery  immediately  answered 
that  they  could  not  accept  the  plan  proposed  for  the  set- 
tlement of  their  difficulties,  and  therefore  as  commissioners 
of  the  Presbytery  of  New  York,  they  asked  for  a  copy  to 
present  to  their  Presbytery.  They  also  asked  Synod  to  erect 
another  Synod  under  the  name  of  the  Synod  of  New  York; 
and  their  reason  for  wishing  the  Synod  to  take  this  action 
was  to  avoid  any  appearance  of  opposition,  and  that  the 
two  Synods  might  act  in  concert  and  maintain  a  spirit  of 
love  and  brotherly  kindness  to  each  other. 

The  Synod  in  answering  this  request  deplores  the  exist- 
ence of  unhappy  divisions,  and  although  they  see  no  just 
grounds  for  their  withdrawal,  yet  as  it  seems  inevitable, 
they  desire  to  maintain  a  Christian  fellowship  with  their 
departing  brethren.  The  request  of  the  New  York  Pres- 
bytery was  granted.  The  next  year  the  two  Synods  met 
as  separate  bodies,  and  continued  distinct  until  1758,  when 
they  were  re-united. 

The  period  we  have  had  under  review,  although  one  of 
conflict  and  division,  was  nevertheless  one  of  great  spiritual 
awakening ;  and  the  churches  of  the  New  York  Presbytery 
shared  in  the  blessing.  As  early  as  1739,  about  eighteen 
months  after  Mr.  Burr's  settlement  at  Newark,  a  remark- 
able awakening  occurred  in  his  congregation.  It  began 
among  the  young  people  in  the  summer  and  continued  to 
increase  until  the  next  spring,  when  it  became  general, 
embracing  all  ages  and  classes. 

In  the  succeeding  autumn,  the  Rev.  George  Whitefield, 
at  the  invitation  of  Burr,  visited  Newark,  In  his  Journal, 
speaking  of  the  visit,  he  writes,  "  Preached  to  a  considerable 
congregation,  but  with  little  influence.  However,  at  night 
the  Lord  manifested  forth  his  glory.     In  coming  down  to 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK.  13 

family  prayer  where  I  lodged,  and  perceiving  many  young 
men  around  me,  my  very  soul  was,  as  it  were,  melted  down 
with  concern  for  them.  After  singing  I  gave  a  word  of 
exhortation.  But  how  did  the  Word  fall  like  a  hammer  and 
like  fire !  what  a  weeping  was  there  !  "  During  all  this  time 
the  neighboring  congregation  at  Elizabethtown  seemed  to 
be  totally  unconcerned.  Just  as  the  revival  at  Newark 
began  to  languish  God  made  use  of  "  a  plain  practical 
sermon,  without  any  special  liveliness  or  vigor,"  preached 
by  Mr.  Dickinson,  to  set  the  whole  community  in  a  blaze, 
and  many  were  joined  to  the  Lord.  Mr.  'Dickinson,  in  a 
letter  to  Mr.  Foxcroft,  of  London,  written  just  at  this  time, 
says,  "  I  have  still  the  comfortable  news  to  inform  you  of, 
that  there  is  yet  a  great  revival  of  religion  in  these  parts. 
I  have  had  more  young  people  address  me  for  direction  in 
their  spiritual  concerns  within  three  months  than  in  thirty 
years  before." 

The  blessed  influence  extended  also  to  the  churches  of 
the  Presbytery  on  Long  Island.  In  1740  Whitefield 
visited  the  church  at  Jamaica,  then  under  the  charge  of 
Mr.  Wilmot,  and  gracious  influences  followed.  So  great 
was  the  movement  that  the  Rev.  Thomas  Colgan,  the 
Church  of  England  missionary  at  Jamaica,  in  writing  home 
says,  "  Some  itinerant  enthusiastical  teachers  have  of  late 
been  preaching  on  this  island,  the  notorious  Mr.  Whitefield 
being  at  the  head  of  them,  and  among  other  pernicious 
tenets,  have  broached  such  false  and  erroneous  opinions 
concerning  the  doctrine  of  Regeneration  as  tend  to  the 
destruction  of  true  religion  and  a  holy  and  virtuous  life." 

The  church  in  New  York  City  was  not  left  without  a 
witness  in  these  days  of  revival.  Whitefield  visited  New 
York  in  November,  1739,  and  preached  one  Sabbath  even- 
ing in  the  Presbyterian  Church,  having  in  the  afternoon 
preached  in  the  "  fields,"  Pemberton  afterwards  wrote  to 
him  that  "  he  had  left  the  town  under  a  universal  concern." 
He  visited  New  York   again  in  October,   1740,  and  the 


14  THE   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW  YORK. 

effects  of  his  preaching  were  powerful.  Little  children  fol- 
lowed Mr.  Pemberton  to  his  house  weeping  and  anxiously- 
concerned  about  their  souls.  Mr.  Pemberton  was  assisted 
in  this  revival  by  his  fellow-presbyters,  Burr,  and  Leonard, 
of  Goshen,  and  by  the  Tennents  and  others  of  the  New 
Brunswick  Presbytery. 

This  period  of  history  would  be  incomplete  if  we  omitted 
the  part  taken  by  the  Presbytery  of  New  York  in  the  estab- 
lishment of  the  College  of  New  Jersey.  Before  the  division 
of  the  Synod  an  effort  was  made  to  found  a  school  for  the 
education  of  candidates  for  the  ministry.  Messrs.  Dickin- 
son and  Pemberton  were  the  originators  of  this  movement, 
and  as  early  as  1739  introduced  into  the  Synod  an  over- 
ture to  that  effect.  This  plan  of  united  action  was  frus- 
trated by  the  troubles  which  then  agitated  the  Church; 
but  an  academy  was  established  at  New  London,  Pa., 
under  the  auspices  of  the  Presbyteries  of  Philadelphia, 
New  Castle,  and  Donegal,  in  1743,  which  became  famous. 
The  New  York  Presbytery  took  no  part  in  this,  and  it  was 
not  until  after  the  division  of  the  Synod  that  they  again 
moved  in  this  direction.  In  1745  Messrs.  Dickinson,  Pier- 
son,  Pemberton,  and  Burr  petitioned  Governor  Morris,  of 
New  Jersey,  to  grant  them  a  charter  for  a  college,  which  was 
refused.  After  the  death  of  Governor  Morris,  John  Hamil- 
ton became  president  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  and  act- 
ing Governor,  and  the  petition  for  a  charter  was  renewed. 
This  request  was  granted,  and  the  charter  passed  the 
great  seal,  and  Messrs.  Dickinson,  Pierson,  and  Pember- 
ton, and  others  whose  names  have  not  come  down  to  us 
were  appointed  the  first  Board  of  Trustees.  Whether  the 
Presbytery  of  New  York  took  any  official  action  in  the  case 
in  authorizing  these  brethren  to  petition  for  a  charter  can- 
not be  known,  on  account  of  the  loss  of  their  records  of 
that  period.  But  there  is  no  doubt  that  the  whole  plan 
originated  with  members  of  the  Presbytery  of  New  York ; 
and  some  of  them  became  the  first  corporators,  and  one 


THE   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW  YORK.  1 5 

of  them  the  first  president.  In  1748  a  new  charter  was 
granted  by  Governor  Belcher,  with  the  same  trustees,  but 
with  others  added  from  the  Synod  of  Philadelphia,  among 
whom  were  William  and  Gilbert  Tennent,  who  now  entered 
heartily  into  the  scheme,  their  father's  school  at  Neshaminy 
being  out  of  the  way. 

During  the  thirteen  years  of  "  schism,"  as  it  has  been 
called,  between  1745  and  1758,  there  is  little  to  record 
except  the  changes  and  growth  of  the  Church.  In  1748 
Azariah  Horton,  a  brother  of  Simon,  who  had  been  or- 
dained by  the  Presbytery  of  New  York  in  1740,  and  who 
had  been  laboring  successfully  among  the  Indians  on  Long 
Island,  became  pastor  of  the  church  at  South  Hanover, 
N.  J.,  which  had  been  set  off  from  Hanover.  In  1742 
Timothy  Johnes  went  to  Morristown,  N.  J.,  collected  a 
congregation,  and  was  ordained  their  pastor  in  1743.  In 
the  same  year  Eliab  Byram  took  charge  of  the  church  at 
Rocsiticus,  now  Mendham,  which  had  been  transferred 
from  the  Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick.  In  1742  David 
Brainerd  entered  upon  his  short  but  brilliant  missionary 
work  among  the  Indians.  In  1746  Jacob  Green  was 
ordained  and  settled  at  Hanover.  In  1745  David  Bost- 
wick  succeeded  Walter  Wilmot  at  Jamaica,  being  ordained 
on  the  9th  of  October  by  the  Presbytery  of  New  York. 
In  1746  Simon  Horton,  pastor  at  Connecticut  Farms,  suc- 
ceeded Pumroy  at  Newtown,  L.  I.  In  1749  Aaron  Rich- 
ards was  ordained  and  installed  at  Rahway.  On  the  death 
of  Dickinson,  in  1747,  Aaron  Burr  succeeded  him  as  presi- 
dent of  the  College  of  New  Jersey,  and  John  Brainerd  took 
his  place  at  Newark,  where  he  remained  till  1755.  John 
Grant  was  ordained  in  1746,  and  became  pastor  at  West- 
field.  In  1746  Timothy  Symmes,  who  had  been  preach- 
ing at  Acquebogue,  L.  I.,  was  settled  at  Connecticut 
Farms.  Caleb  Smith  was  licensed  in  1747,  and  in  1748 
was  ordained  over  the  church  at  Orange  Mountain,  which 
had  now  put  itself  under  the  care  of  Presbytery,     In  1750 


l6         THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK. 

Daniel  Thane,  a  graduate  of  the  first  class  at  the  College 
of  New  Jersey,  succeeded  Symmes  at  Connecticut  Farms, 
was  ordained  and  settled  at  Bloomingrove,  N.  Y.  In  the 
same  year  Jonathan  Elmer  became  pastor  of  the  church  at 
New  Providence,  which  had  been  received  from  the  Pres- 
bytery of  New  Brunswick.  Alexander  Cumming  was  the 
same  year  settled  as  colleague  to  Pemberton  in  New  York. 
Elihu  Spencer,  who  had  been  laboring  among  the  Oneida 
Indians,  succeeded  Dickinson  at  Elizabethtown  in  1750. 
John  Moffat  was  ordained  and  settled  at  Wallkill  in  175 1. 
In  1753  Pemberton  resigned  his  charge  in  New  York,  and 
Pierson  resigned  his  charge  at  Woodbridge,  and  succeeded 
Byram  at  Mendham.  Nathaniel  Whitaker,  who  had  been 
ordained  in  1752,  succeeded  Mr.  Pierson  at  Woodbridge, 
and  was  installed  Dec.  10,  1755.  He  resigned  the  charge 
in  1759  or  1760.  On  the  14th  of  September,  1757,  the 
Rev.  Abraham  Keteltas  was  installed  pastor  at  Elizabeth- 
town,  where  he  remained  until  1761,  when  he  resigned  his 
charge.  He  soon  after  withdrew  from  Presbytery.  In 
March,  1759,  the  Rev.  Benj.  Woodruff  was  installed  pastor 
of  the  church  at  Westfield,  N.  J.,  where  he  continued  for 
forty-four  years,  honored  and  beloved  by  all. 

Dissensions  which  had  long  existed  in  the  church  of 
New  York  having  resulted  in  the  resignation  of  Ebenezer 
Pemberton,  the  congregation  immediately  wrote  to  the 
Rev.  Joseph  Bellamy,  of  Bethlehem,  Ct.,  asking  him  to 
visit  New  York,  preach  for  them,  and  aid  them  in  their 
present  difficulties  with  his  counsel  and  advice.  Accepting 
their  invitation,  he  came  to  New  York,  and  so  greatly  were 
the  people  pleased  with  him  that  they  gave  him  a  call  to 
be  their  pastor.  Although  the  call  was  said  to  be  unan- 
imous, yet  there  were  a  number  of  the  congregation  who 
opposed  his  coming,  and  Mr.  Bellamy  declined  the  call. 
The  church  in  New  York  were  not  satisfied  with  this 
refusal,  and  extended  to  him  another  call,  with  urgent 
reasons  why  he   should    accept.     The   congregation   was 


THE   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW  YORK.  1 7 

aided  by  the  importunities  of  his  brethren ;  but  after  the 
most  mature  and  earnest  consideration  he  finally  declined 
the  call  on  the  i8th  of  July,  1754.  After  hearing  many 
candidates,  the  congregation,  on  the  recommendation  of 
Mr.  Bellamy,  gave  a  call  to  the  Rev,  David  McGregorie, 
of  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  which  he  also  declined.  Finally, 
in  July,  1755,  they  united  in  a  call  to  the  Rev.  David 
Bostwick,  of  Jamaica.  The  Presbytery  of  New  York,  not 
being  clear  in  the  matter  of  translating  Mr.  Bostwick,  re- 
ferred the  case  to  the  Synod,  who  appointed  a  committee 
to  visit  Jamaica,  confer  with  Mr.  Bostwick  and  his  people, 
and  decide  the  case.  This  committee  met  at  Jamaica  Oct. 
29,  1755,  and  after  spending  three  days  in  the  consideration 
of  the  subject,  adjourned  to  meet  at  Princeton,  N.  J.,  on  the 
14th  of  April,  1756.  They  met  according  to  adjournment, 
and  after  two  days  of  careful  consideration  came  to  the  con- 
clusion that  Mr.  Bostwick  should  accept  the  call  to  New 
York,  and  they  so  reported  to  the  Synod  at  its  meeting  in 
May.    Soon  after,  Mr.  Bostwick  was  installed  at  New  York. 

We  find  a  number  of  ministers  belonging  to  the  Presby- 
tery of  New  York  during  this  period  who  were  not  per- 
manently settled,  or  who  had  charges  abroad.  Robert 
Sturgeon  preached  for  some  years  at  Bedford,  N.  Y. 
Nathaniel  Tucker  was  ordained  in  1747,  and  died  the  same 
year.  James  Davenport,  the  eccentric  and  brilliant  pastor 
of  Long  Island,  joined  the  Presbytery  in  1748,  with  the 
view  of  settling  at  Connecticut  Farms,  but  ill  health  pre- 
vented. Chauncey  Graham  preached  at  Fishkill,  N.  Y., 
in  1 75 1,  and  was  perhaps  the  settled  pastor.  John  Smith, 
who  was  ordained  by  an  association  in  1729,  and  preached 
at  Rye  and  White  Plains,  joined  the  Presbytery  in  1752. 
Hugh  Knox  was  ordained  in  1755,  and  became  pastor  of 
a  Reformed  Dutch  Church  in  the  island  of  Saba.  John 
Maltby  was  ordained  in  1754,  and  became  pastor  of  a 
church  in  Bermuda.  Timothy  Allen  preached  at  Wood- 
bridge  from  1753  to  1755. 


1 8  THE   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW   YORK. 

In  1758  the  division  of  the  church  which  had  existed  for 
thirteen  years  was  healed,  and  the  Synods  of  Philadelphia 
and  New  York  were  reunited  under  the  title  of  "The  Synod 
of  New  York  and  Philadelphia."  In  the  readjustment  of 
Presbyteries,  that  of  New  York  remained  as  it  was.  The 
old  leaders  of  the  Presbytery  were  all  gone.  Dickinson 
and  Burr  were  dead,  Pemberton  had  removed  to  Boston, 
and  Pierson,  though  still  living,  had  reached  his  threescore 
years  and  ten.  But  new  men  were  coming  on  to  take  the 
place  of  the  fathers.  The  college  at  Princeton  was  fulfill- 
ing the  hopes  of  its  founders,  and  was  each  year  sending 
out  ministers  well  equipped  for  their  work. 

It  was  a  time  of  great  increase  of  the  Church,  not  so 
much  in  this  Presbytery,  as  in  the  southern  and  western 
field ;  and  the  best  men  in  the  various  presbyteries  were 
sent  out  by  the  Synod  to  perform  missionary  work  in  these 
destitute  regions,  their  pulpits  being  supplied  by  the  Synod 
during  their  absence.  In  1758  the  Rev.  Abner  Brush  was 
ordained  and  installed  pastor  of  the  church  at  Goshen, 
N.  Y.  He  remained  in  this  charge  till  1766,  when  he  re- 
signed. In  1759,  John  Brainerd,  who  had  been  for  some 
years  at  Newark,  determined  to  take  up  the  work  among 
the  Indians  which  his  brother  had  so  successfully  inaugu- 
rated. He  asked  the  advice  of  the  Synod,  and  received  a 
favorable  response.  He  accordingly  resigned  his  charge  at 
Newark,  and  entered  upon  the  work  which  he  continued 
through  life.  His  place  in  Newark  was  supplied  by  a 
young  man  just  from  Princeton;  for  he  was  in  the  first 
class  that  graduated  after  the  removal  of  the  college  to 
that  place.  Alexander  McWhorter  was  a  native  of  New 
Castle,  Delaware,  and  was  graduated  in  1757.  On  the  3d 
of  August,  1758,  he  was  licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of  New 
Brunswick,  and  on  the  4th  of  July  ensuing  was  ordained 
with  a  view  to  missionary  work  in  the  South.  But  receiv- 
ing a  call  to  the  church  in  Newark,  made  vacant  by  the 
retirement  of  John  Brainerd,  he  accepted,  and  was  installed 


THE   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW  YORK.  19 

the  same  summer  by  the  Presbytery  of  New  York,  Mc- 
Whorter,  on  entering  upon  his  work,  found  the  congrega- 
tion in  the  midst  of  great  pecuniary  difficulties,  which  kept 
the  community  in  agitation  for  a  number  of  years.  Dr. 
McWhorter  in  his  century  sermon  says  that  "  both  parties 
wisely  determined  that  their  minister  should  not  be  called 
in,  but  secluded  from  these  disputes,  and  therefore  he 
never  interested  himself  in  them  or  had  anything  to  do 
with  them."  Dr.  McWhorter  was  one  of  the  most  eminent 
and  useful  men  of  his  day. 

The  church  in  New  York  was  at  this  time  passing 
through  great  trials,  which  we  do  not  propose  to  narrate, 
as  they  belong  to  the  history  of  an  individual  church.  In 
1762,  the  Rev.  Joseph  Treat  was  appointed  the  colleague 
of  David  Bostwick.  In  1763  Mr.  Bostwick  died,  but  his 
place  was  soon  filled  by  one  who  equalled,  and  in  some 
points  surpassed,  all  who  had  been  before  him  in  the 
Presbytery.  On  the  4th  of  September  the  Rev.  John 
Rodgers,  who  had  been  pastor  at  St.  Georges,  in  Dela- 
ware, was  installed  as  colleague  of  Joseph  Treat.  A 
powerful  revival  began  immediately  after  his  entrance 
upon  his  work,  and  so  greatly  did  the  congregation  in- 
crease that  a  new  church  became  necessary,  and  the  foun- 
dation for  the  Brick  Church  was  laid  in  1766,  and  the  house 
was  opened  in  1768. 

These  two  men,  Rodgers  and  McWhorter,  are  specially 
noticed  because  they  were  in  prominent  churches,  and 
because  of  their  subsequent  eminence  in  the  Church.  But 
during  the  period  under  review  there  were  many  in  the 
Presbytery  of  New  York  who  were  workmen  who  needed 
not  to  be  ashamed.  Jacob  Green  at  Hanover,  James 
Caldwell  at  Elizabethtown,  Nathan  Ker  at  Springfield, 
afterwards  at  Goshen,  and  Azel  Roe  at  Woodbridge,  were 
all  men  of  mark  in  their  day,  and  some  of  them  martyrs  in 
their  country's  cause. 

The   Rev.   William   Mills   was   installed  at  Jamaica  in 


20  THE   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW   YORK. 

1762,  where  he  ministered  until  his  death,  which  occurred 
in  1774. 

In  1764  the  Rev.  Francis  Peppard  was  installed  at 
Hanover,  continuing  in  that  charge  till  1766,  when  he  suc- 
ceeded Enos  Ayres,  at  Bethlehem. 

In  1765  the  Rev.  James  Tuttle  was  ordained  and  in- 
stalled as  the  first  pastor  of  Rockaway  and  Parsippany 
Churches. 

In  the  interval  between  the  reunion  of  the  Synods  and 
the  Revolutionary  War,  the  number  of  churches  in  the 
Presbytery  was  not  greatly  increased.  Springfield,  Par- 
sippany, and  Succasunna,  in  New  Jersey,  and  Florida, 
New  Windsor,  and  Warwick,  in  New  York,  include  them 
all.  But  in  many  of  the  churches  there  were  gracious  out- 
pourings of  the  Spirit,  and  a  great  increase  in  the  number 
of  communicants. 

In  1767  the  Presbytery  of  New  York  sent  up  to  the 
Synod  an  overture  on  the  subject  of  raising  funds  for 
missionary  purposes,  the  whole  sum  contributed  for  such 
purposes  during  the  year  having  amounted  to  but  forty- 
four  pounds,  fifteen  shillings.  In  the  overture  they  rec- 
ommend that  there  shall  be  annual  collections  in  all  the 
churches ;  that  each  Presbytery  shall  appoint  a  treasurer, 
who  shall  report  to  a  general  treasurer  to  be  appointed 
by  the  Synod ;  and  that  a  full  account  of  the  collections 
and  disbursements  shall  each  year  be  printed  and  sent 
down  to  the  churches.  This  is  perhaps  the  first  approach 
to  the  modern  Boards  which  now  control  this  whole 
matter. 

The  Rev.  Alexander  Miller  took  charge  of  a  church  in 
Schenectady,  New  York,  in  1771,  but  during  the  distrac- 
tion of  the  war  his  congregation  dispersed,  and  he  was 
compelled  to  leave  the  field. 

In  1773  the  Rev.  John  Close  became  pastor  of  the 
church  at  New  Windsor,  N.  Y.,  where  he  remained  until 
1796,  when  he  resigned. 


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In  1774  the  Rev.  Jacob  Van  Artsdalen  was  installed 
pastor  of  the  Springfield  Church,  where  he  remained  till 
1 801,  when,  forced  by  ill  health  he  was  compelled  to  re- 
sign his  charge. 

The  extant  records  of  the  Presbytery  of  New  York 
commence  with  a  fragment  concerning  a  meeting  held  in 
New  York  on  Monday  evening,  May  22,  1775.  This  ses- 
sion was  chiefly  occupied  with  the  case  of  the  Rev. 
Andrew  Bay  of  Newtown,  Long  Island,  whom  his  people 
had  asked  to  resign.  After  hearing  the  case  they  ad- 
journed to  meet  at  Newtown  on  the  20th  of  June.  At 
that  meeting  the  relation  of  Mr.  Bay  with  the  church  was 
dissolved.  The  case  has  no  special  interest  which  requires 
further  notice. 

At  the  October  meeting  of  the  same  year,  a  complaint 
was  brought  in  against  the  Rev.  James  Caldwell,  pastor  of 
the  church  at  Elizabethtown,  N.  J.,  by  several  members  of 
his  church,  charging  him  with  teaching  erroneous  doctrine 
in  a  sermon  he  had  recently  preached.  After  the  most 
careful  examination,  Presbytery  decided  that  the  complain- 
ants had  no  just  ground  of  complaint. 

During  the  Revolutionary  War,  the  churches  in  the 
Presbytery  were  greatly  distracted  by  the  incursions  of 
the  enemy.  Some  of  them  were  for  the  time  disbanded, 
and  their  pastors  entered  the  army.  In  no  part  of  the 
country  were  there  warmer  patriots  than  were  found  among 
the  ministers  of  the  Presbytery  of  New  York.  Dr.  Rodg- 
ers,  forced  to  leave  his  post  in  New  York,  became  chap- 
lain, first  of  Heath's  brigade,  and  then  of  the  convention 
of  the  State,  and  of  the  Council  of  Safety.  McWhorter, 
of  Newark,  was  at  the  battle  of  Trenton,  having  gone  on 
to  consult  with  Washington  about  the  defence  of  the  State. 
In  1778,  at  the  solicitation  of  General  Knox  he  acted  as 
chaplain  while  the  army  lay  at  White  Plains.  Azel  Roe,  of 
Woodbridge,  was  a  prisoner  in  the  Sugar  House  at  New 
York.    Caldwell,  of  Elizabethtown,  was  specially  obnoxious 


22  THE   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW  YORK. 

to  the  enemy,  who  burned  his  church,  and  shot  his  wife ; 
and  he  himself  was  murdered  by  a  drunken  soldier  in  1781. 

No  church  suffered  more  than  that  of  Salem,  N.  Y.,  which 
had  been  organized  in  1769.  Their  edifice,  which  was  just 
completed  in  1775,  was  burned  to  the  ground,  but  was 
speedily  re-erected.  They  were  unable  to  procure  a  pas- 
tor till  July,  1789,  when  the  Rev.  John  Warford  was 
installed. 

It  is  surprising  how  little  is  recorded  in  the  minutes  of 
Presbytery  during  the  war  of  the  troubles  in  which  they 
were  invoK^ed ;  were  it  not  for  the  record  of  fast-days  "  in 
view  of  the  present  state  of  affairs "  it  could  never  be 
gathered  from  their  action  that  the  country  was  engaged 
in  a  terrible  struggle  for  life.  The  Presbytery  held  a  meet- 
ing a  month  after  the  battle  of  Lexington,  when  the  whole 
country  was  in  a  blaze  of  excitement,  and  yet  their  minutes 
are  absolutely  silent  on  the  subject. 

Under  date  of  October  18,  1779,  the  Rev.  Jacob  Green, 
pastor  of  the  church  at  Hanover,  N.  J.,  where  he  had  been 
settled  for  thirty  years,  addressed  a  letter  to  the  Presbytery 
signifying  his  withdrawal  from  that  body,  and  giving  his 
reasons  for  that  course  founded  upon  certain  actions  of  the 
Synod.  He  first  objects  to  their  authoritative  method  of 
"  ordering,  appointing,  and  requiring,  instead  of  recom- 
mending and  desiring."  He  objects  to  their  assumption  of 
legislative  power,  by  enacting  laws  which  bind  the  con- 
sciences of  men,  which  he  holds  to  be  against  the  great 
Protestant  principle  "  that  Christ  has  left  no  legislative 
power  in  the  Church."  He  objects  to  the  appointment  by 
Synod  of  ministers  to  labor  in  distant  points  of  the  Church 
without  asking  their  consent,  and  censuring  them  severely 
if  they  do  not  comply  with  their  appointments ;  also  in 
ordering  (not  desiring)  them  to  take  up  contributions  for 
certain  objects ;  claiming  the  power  to  liberate  ministers 
from  their  charges  without  the  consent  of  the  people.  He 
objects  to  the  order  that  candidates  shall  study  a  year  after 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK.         23 

graduation  before  they  can  be  licensed,  which  he  holds  to 
be  a  double  imposition,  —  requiring  a  degree,  and  one  year's 
study  before  they  can  preach.  He  objects  to  the  order 
requiring  licentiates  to  write  out  in  full  their  sermons  and 
show  them  to  some  minister  before  they  are  at  liberty  to 
preach  them,  which  he  thinks  takes  away  the  liberty,  and  in 
some  instances  contradicts  the  judgments  and  conscience  of 
the  candidate.  He  objects  to  the  Synod's  enjoining  upon 
ministers  the  keeping  of  registers  of  marriages,  births,  and 
baptisms,  not  only  on  account  of  the  authoritative  way  in 
which  it  is  ordered,  but  because  he  considers  it  impossible 
for  any  minister  to  know  of  all  the  births  in  his  congrega- 
tion. He  objects  to  the  use  by  the  Synod  of  the  authori- 
tative word  "  enjoin  "  instead  of  "  advise  "  when  directing 
ministers  not  to  read  their  sermons  when  they  preach. 
In  conclusion,  Mr.  Green  objects  to  the  reception  of  the 
Westminster  Confession  of  Faith,  Catechisms,  and  Directory, 
without  the  liberty  to  make  exception  or  explanation,  and 
the  injunction  to  teach  and  preach  according  to  them. 

The  sum  of  his  objections  to  the  Synod  is  that  these 
things  bear  too  hard  upon  that  important  fundamental 
principle  of  all  Protestants,  **  that  Christ  has  not  left  in  his 
Church  legislative,  but  only  an  executive  power." 

The  withdrawal  of  Mr.  Green  was  followed  on  the  same 
day  by  that  of  the  Rev,  Joseph  Grover,  pastor  of  the  Par- 
sippany  Church,  with  his  reasons  given  in  brief,  and  on 
the  3d  day  of  May  by  that  of  the  Rev.  Amzi  Lewis,  pastor 
of  the  Florida  Church,  and  Ebenezer  Bradford  of  Succa- 
sunna.  These  were  comparatively  young  men,  who  fol- 
lowed the  lead  of  the  Nestor  of  the  Presbytery. 

The  Presbytery,  considering  that  the  churches  to  which 
these  withdrawing  members  ministered  were  still  under 
their  fostering  care,  appointed  committees  to  visit  and 
explain  to  them  the  nature  of  Presbyterian  government  as 
held  and  exercised  by  the  Presbytery,  and  to  ask  them 
whether  they  chose  to  remain  under  the  care  of  Presbytery 


24         THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK. 

or  follow  their  ministers.  I  do  not  find  that  any  of  these 
churches  at  that  time  withdrew. 

At  the  same  meeting  the  Rev.  James  Caldwell  was  ap- 
pointed to  write  to  the  seceding  members,  declaring  to 
them  the  great  concern  of  Presbytery  for  the  breach  made 
by  their  departure,  and  to  desire  them  seriously  to  recon- 
sider their  action,  and  cordially  to  assure  them  that  if  they 
could  show  any  instance  in  which  the  Presbytery  in  principle 
or  practice  had  gone  beyond  the  line  of  duty  or  the 
authority  derived  from  Scripture,  they  would  deliberately 
consider  it,  and  thought  they  could  show  that  they  did  not 
hold  any  principles  that  would  justify  separation  from  them. 

This  letter  was  sent,  and  an  answer  received  in  an  official 
form  from  the  Presbytery  which  they  had  now  constituted, 
in  which  they  say  that  they  cannot  see  the  way  clear  to 
retrace  their  steps. 

The  Presbytery  thus  formed  was  called  the  Morris  Pres- 
bytery, which  was  the  first  of  a  number  of  associated 
Presbyteries  afterwards  erected. 

From  the  year  1775  to  the  reorganization  of  the  Presby- 
tery in  1809,  the  Presbytery  of  New  York  licensed  twenty- 
seven  candidates,  ordained  and  installed  twenty-one  pastors, 
installed  fifteen,  and  ordained  sine  titiilo  five.  The  history 
of  the  Presbytery  during  this  period  can  best  be  shown  by 
brief  notices  of  some  of  these  changes.  In  April,  1775, 
Mathias  Burnet  was  ordained  and  installed  at  Jamaica, 
where  he  preached  undisturbed  throughout  the  Revolution. 
His  pastoral  relation  was  dissolved  Nov.  2,  1785.  In 
October,  1776,  the  Rev.  Amzi  Lewis  who  had  been  ordained 
in  1772,  resigned  his  charge  at  Warwick  on  account  of 
inadequate  support.  He  retained  the  charge  of  the  Florida 
Church  until  his  secession  in  1779.  In  June  the  Rev. 
Andrew  King  was  ordained  and  installed  over  that  church. 
In  1785  John  McDonald  was  ordained  and  installed  pastor 
at  Albany,  that  church  having  been  set  ofif  to  the  Presby- 
tery of  New  York.     It  was  comparatively  an  old  church. 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK.         25 

having  been  organized  in  1763,  if  not  before.  In  1768  it 
was  supplied  by  the  Rev.  Andrew  Bay  for  six  years,  but 
during  the  Revolution  it  became  disorganized,  the  people 
scattered,  and  Mr.  Bay  removed  to  Newtown,  N.  Y.  It 
remained  without  a  pastor  until  the  installation  of  Mr. 
McDonald. 

On  June  14,  1786,  the  Rev.  William  Linn  was  installed 
pastor  at  Elizabethtown,  where  he  remained  but  four 
months,  having  accepted  a  call  to  the  Reformed  Dutch 
Church  in  New  York.  This  was  a  serious  blow  to  the 
church,  which  had  hardly  recovered  from  the  effects  of  the 
war  and  the  death  of  Mr.  Caldwell,  although  it  had  been 
faithfully  served  for  several  years  by  the  Rev.  James  F. 
Armstrong,  a  member  of  the  New  Brunswick  Presbytery. 

In  1787  the  Rev.  Lemuel  Fordham  was  ordained  and 
installed  at  Succasunna  and  Roxbury,  where  he  remained 
for  twelve  years. 

After  the  resignation  of  Dr.  Linn  the  church  at  Elizabeth- 
town  remained  without  a  pastor  until  September  9,  1788, 
when  David  Austin  was  ordained  and  installed.  As  early 
as  1 79 1  Mr.  Austin  began  to  take  a  special  interest  in  pro- 
phetic studies ;  and  from  that  point  his  mind  became  more 
and  more  unbalanced,  and  his  erratic  preaching  and  publi- 
cations produced  a  great  ferment  in  the  congregation  and 
community.  In  1797  his  case  was  brought  into  Presbytery 
and  occupied  much  of  its  attention.  On  the  3d  of  May 
of  that  year  Mr.  Austin  was  asked  whether  he  concurred 
in  the  application  for  a  dissolution  of  his  pastoral  relation ; 
upon  which  he  renounced  the  jurisdiction  of  Presbytery 
and  withdrew.  The  Presbytery  thereupon  dissolved  the 
pastoral  relation,  and  adopted  a  paper  in  relation  to  Mr. 
Austin's  aberration.  The  case  came  up  several  times  in 
the  next  five  years,  but  it  is  not  necessary  to  enlarge  upon 
it  further. 

On  the  14th  of  August,  1788,  John  Young  was  ordained 
and  installed  at   Schenectady  and   Currie's  Bush,  N.  Y. 


26  THE   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW   YORK. 

This  church  had  been  gathered  soon  after  the  settlement 
of  the  town  in  1761,  and  was  set  off  from  the  Presbytery 
of  Dutchess  to  that  of  New  York.  On  the  loth  of  Febru- 
ary, 1788,  Peter  Fish  was  ordained  and  installed  at  Con- 
necticut Farms,  where  he  remained  nine  years. 

In  May,  1789,  the  Rev.  George  Faitoute  was  called  to 
Jamaica,  to  succeed  Dr.  Burnet.  The  Synod,  in  erecting 
the  Presbytery  of  Suffolk,  had  directed  that  such  members 
of  the  Presbytery  of  New  York  as  resided  on  Long  Island 
might  by  their  own  choice  join  that  Presbytery.  On 
account  of  this  action  of  the  Synod  it  had  been  a  dispute 
for  some  time  to  which  Presbytery  the  church  at  Jamaica 
belonged.  The  question  was  settled  by  the  Synod  at  its 
meeting  in  October,  1789,  by  annexing  it  to  the  Presbytery 
of  New  York.  Soon  after,  Mr.  Faitoute  was  installed  by 
that  Presbytery.  He  remained  the  faithful  pastor  of  this 
church  until  his  death  in  181 5. 

At  a  meeting  of  Presbytery  held  Nov.  12,  1788,  at  the 
request  of  the  church  at  Harpersfield,  it  was  decided  to 
install  the  Rev.  John  Lindsley  on  the  second  Wednesday 
of  the  next  September.  We  have  no  record  of  such  in- 
stallation, but  he  certainly  ministered  to  that  people  for 
several  years  after  the  church  had  been  transferred  to  the 
Presbytery  of  Albany. 

On  the  1st  of  December,  1789,  Rev.  John  McKnight  was 
installed  colleague  pastor  with  Dr.  Rodgers,  in  New  York. 
He  continued  in  this  charge  until  April,  1809,  when  he  was 
released.  In  1792  Dr.  McKnight  being  unable  to  fulfil  all 
his  duties  on  account  of  ill  health,  and  the  congregation 
being  greatly  enlarged,  it  was  resolved  to  call  a  third  min- 
ister; Samuel  Miller  of  Delaware  was  called,  and  on  the 
5th  of  February  was  ordained  and  installed  as  colleague 
to  Drs.  Rodgers  and  McKnight.  Dr.  Miller  remained  in 
this  charge  admired  and  honored  until  1813,  when  he  was 
elected  by  the  General  Assembly  professor  in  the  Theo- 
logical Seminary  at  Princeton,  N.  J. 


THE   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW  YORK.  2/ 

In  1 79 1  Calvin  White,  a  licentiate  from  Connecticut,  was 
ordained  and  installed  pastor  at  Hanover.  On  account  of 
troubles  in  the  congregation  he  was  released  from  his 
charge  in  1795. 

In  the  same  year  Amzi  Armstrong,  the  father  of  the 
Rev.  William  J.  Armstrong,  Secretary  of  the  American 
Board  of  Commissioners  for  Foreign  Missions,  succeeded 
John  Joline  at  Mendham,  where  he  was  ordained  and 
installed.  And  in  January,  1791,  Aaron  C.  Collins  was 
ordained  and  installed  at  Morristown,  as  colleague  pastor 
with  Dr.  Johnes.  In  1793  Mr.  Collins  was  released  from 
his  charge  and  deposed  from  the  ministry,  but  was  restored 
in  1808. 

On  the  14th  of  October,  1794,  Henry  Cook  was  ordained 
and  installed  pastor  of  the  Second  Church  at  Woodbridge. 
This  church  was  organized  shortly  after  1755.  It  after- 
wards became  the  church  of  Metuchen.  John  J,  Carle  was 
ordained  and  installed  at  Rockaway  on  the  5  th  of  Febru- 
ary, 1793,  but  was  released  from  his  charge  in  October 
following. 

On  the  1st  of  May,  1795,  James  Richards  was  ordained 
and  installed  at  Morristown,  where  he  proved  of  eminent 
service  in  harmonizing  differences,  and  ministering  to  that 
large  and  scattered  congregation.  He  was  blessed  with 
three  revivals  during  his  ministry  in  this  place.  He  re- 
mained here  until  1809,  when  he  was  called  to  succeed  Dr. 
Griffin  at  Newark. 

On  the  13th  of  December,  1796,  the  Rev.  Aaron  Condict 
was  installed  pastor  at  South  Hanover,  where  he  remained 
for  thirty-five  years,  when  he  resigned  on  account  of  ill 
health.     His  ministry  was  eminently  successful. 

On  the  28th  of  August,  1793,  Jonathan  Freeman  was 
installed  pastor  of  Hopewell. 

In  1 800  the  church  at  Orange  becoming  vacant  the  Rev. 
Edward  Dorr  Griffin,  who  was  visiting  in  New  Jersey,  was 
invited  to  supply  them  for  the  winter,  and  so  great  was  his 


28  THE   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW   YORK. 

success  that  fifty  were  added  to  the  church.  Soon  after 
his  return  to  his  home  in  New  Hartford,  Ct.,  he  received  a 
pressing  call  from  the  church  in  Newark,  to  settle  as  col- 
league of  the  venerable  Dr.  McWhorter.  This  call  he  ac- 
cepted, and  he  was  installed  October  20,  1801.  Dr.  Griffin 
was  a  man  the  splendor  of  whose  gifts  and  the  power  of 
whose  eloquence  elevated  him  to  the  highest  rank  of 
American  preachers.  Dr.  Griffin's  ministry  was  abun- 
dantly successful  in  Newark,  and  in  one  revival  in  1807 
two  hundred  persons  joined  his  church.  In  1809  his  pas- 
toral relation  with  the  church  was  dissolved,  he  having 
accepted  a  professorship  at  Andover  Theological  Semi- 
nary, then  just  established. 

In  1793  James  G.  Force  was  ordained  and  installed  at 
New  Providence,  where  he  remained  till  1804,  when  he  was 
deposed.  He  was  afterwards  restored.  In  1796  Robert 
Hett  Chapman  was  ordained  and  installed  at  Railway, 
where  he  continued  till  1799.  The  Rev.  Samuel  Smith 
was  installed  pastor  at  Connecticut  Farms,  Oct.  7,  1800. 
His  pastorate  was  a  short  one,  he  dying  about  a  year  after 
his  installation.  The  Rev.  John  Giles  was  installed  at 
Elizabethtown  June  24,  1800,  but  was  released  the  follow- 
ing October.  He  was  succeeded  by  Henry  Kollock,  who 
was  ordained  and  installed  in  December.  In  1803  Mr. 
Kollock  resigned,  having  accepted  a  professorship  in  the 
college  at  Princeton.  Mr.  Kollock  "  was  one  of  the  most 
ornate  yet  vehement  orators  whom  our  country  has 
produced." 

In  1 801  the  Rev.  Asa  Hillyer  was  released  from  South 
Hanover  and  installed  at  Orangedale.  In  1802  Buckley 
Carll  was  installed  at  Rahway,  he  having  been  previously 
settled  at  Pittsgrove,  N,  J.  The  same  year  the  Rev. 
Matthew  La  Rue  Perrine  was  received  from  New  Bruns- 
wick Presbytery  and  installed  at  South  Hanover,  where  he 
remained  till  his  removal  to  New  York  in  181 1. 

On  the  i6th  of  November,  1802,  Stephen  O.  Thompson 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK.         29 

was  ordained  and  installed  at  Connecticut  Farms.  The 
church  at  Perth  Amboy  was  supplied  for  some  time  by  the 
Rev.  Elias  Riggs  while  he  was  a  licentiate;  but  on  the  26. 
of  August,  1802,  he  was  ordained  and  installed.  He  re- 
mained in  this  charge  until  1807,  when  he  removed  to  New 
Providence  and  became  pastor  of  that  church.  Here  he 
remained  till  the  end  of  his  life. 

The  Rev.  Gershom  Williams  was  installed  at  Springfield 
Aug.  30,  1803. 

In  1804,  John  McDowell  was  ordained  and  installed 
December  26  at  Elizabethtown,  succeeding  the  Rev.  Henry 
KoUock,  Dr.  McDov/ell  was  one  of  the  most  faithful, 
judicious,  and  successful  ministers  in  the  Presbytery  of 
New  York, 

The  Rutgers  St.  Church,  New  York  City,  was  established 
in  1796  and  a  building  erected  in  1798,  and  in  1805  the 
Rev.  Philip  Milledoler,  of  Philadelphia,  was  called  to  be 
their  pastor.  He  accepted,  and  was  installed  Apr.  24, 
1806.  The  three  churches  in  New  York  were  still  united 
as  a  collegiate  charge,  and  remained  so  until  1809. 

On  the  27th  of  December,  1808,  Barnabas  King  was 
ordained  and  installed  at  Rockaway,  N.  J.,  which  had  been 
vacant  for  some  time.  The  next  year  he  divided  his  time 
with  Sparta.  When  Mr.  King  went  to  Rockaway  the 
church  was  almost  extinct,  but  by  faithful  labor  in  less 
than  two  years  eighty  converts  were  added  to  its  rolls. 

On  the  26th  of  April,  1809,  the  Rev.  John  B.  Romeyn 
was  installed  pastor  of  Cedar  St.  Church,  New  York,  which 
had  been  taken  under  the  care  of  Presbytery  the  preceding 
year. 

On  the  28th  of  June,  1809,  the  Rev.  John  McNeice  was 
installed  pastor  of  the  Irish  Church,  which  had  been 
received  by  the  Presbytery  the  preceding  October. 

On  the  14th  of  November,  1809,  Mr.  Eliphalet  Price  was 
ordained  and  installed  as  pastor  of  the  City  of  Jersey  (now 
Jersey  City)  Church. 


30         THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK. 

In  1809  the  Rev.  Samuel  Fisher  was  installed  at  Morris- 
town,  N.  J. 

At  the  meeting  of  Synod  in  1790  the  Presbytery  of 
Albany  was  erected.  Most  of  its  churches  were  trans- 
ferred to  it  from  the  Presbytery  of  New  York.  Of  this 
number  were  Albany,  Cherry  Valley,  Johnstown,  New 
Scotland,  Harpersfield,  Ballston,  East  Ballston,  Cambridge, 
Kingsbury,  Schenectady,  Currie's  Bush,  and  Remsen's 
Bush.  Most  of  these  were  feeble  bodies,  and  two  years 
earlier  all  but  three  were  vacant.  William  Schenck  was  at 
Ballston,  John  Warford  at  Salem,  and  John  McDonald  at 
Albany,  and  two  of  these  were  only  supplies. 

In  1795  the  Synod  dissolved  the  Presbytery  of  Dutchess, 
and  erected  the  Presbytery  of  Hudson.  Nathan  Ker  of 
Goshen,  Andrew  King  of  Warwick,  John  Joline  of  Florida, 
and  Jonathan  Freeman  of  Hopewell,  with  their  churches, 
were  set  off  from  the  New  York  Presbytery  to  that  of 
Hudson. 

At  the  April  meeting  in  1804  the  deplorable  condition 
of  Sussex  Co.,  N.  J.,  and  the  adjacent  parts  of  the  State  of 
New  York,  was  brought  to  the  notice  of  Presbytery.  It 
was  stated  that  very  large  portions  of  these  districts,  con- 
taining a  population  of  from  thirty  to  forty  thousand,  had 
no  ^stated  and  regular  preaching,  and  that  on  account  of 
the  broken  character  of  the  country  it  was  impossible  to 
supply  the  destitution  except  by  itinerants.  In  view  of 
this  destitution  Presbytery  resolved  to  supply  a  part  of  this 
district  for  four  months  with  missionary  labors  and  the 
gratuitous  distribution  of  books ;  and  to  carry  out  their  pur- 
pose they  instructed  their  Commissioners  to  the  General 
Assembly  to  solicit  from  that  body  the  necessary  means. 

The  subject  of  educating  young  men  for  the  ministry 
had  long  been  under  consideration  by  the  Presbytery,  but 
at  its  meeting  on  the  2d  of  October,  1805,  it  took  definite 
action,  in  considering  a  paper  sent  down  from  the  General 
Assembly.     The  want  of  ministers  had  become  a  growing 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK.         31 

and  alarming  evil.  The  Presbytery  therefore  resolved  im- 
mediately to  endeavor  by  annual  collections  in  all  the 
churches,  by  subscriptions  from  wealthy  and  charitable 
individuals,  and  from  any  other  available  source,  to  furnish 
the  necessary  aid  for  such  young  men  as  might  be  found. 
And  still  further  to  advance  the  work  a  Standing  Commit- 
tee was  appointed  to  look  out  for  pious  and  promising 
young  men,  examine  their  qualifications,  give  direction 
concerning  their  academical  and  theological  studies,  and 
in  general  to  do  all  those  things  which  should  be  necessary 
towards  completing  their  education. 

The  committee  as  first  constituted  consisted  of  Drs. 
McWhorter,  Miller,  Hillyer,  and  Griffin,  ministers,  and  Col. 
Henry  Rutgers  of  N.  Y.,  David  D.  Crane  of  Newark,  James 
Stevenson  of  Morristown,  Dr.  Melancthon  Freeman  of 
Woodbridge,  and  William  Steele  of  Springfield,  elders. 
Dr.  Miller  and  Mr.  Griffin  were  appointed  to  draught  an 
address  to  pious  parents  and  to  pious  youth  on  this 
important  subject. 

This  committee  entered  upon  its  work,  and  continued 
with  more  or  less  success  until  the  reorganization  of  the 
Presbytery  in  1809.  We  may  consider  this  as  the  germ  of 
our  Education  Societies  and  Boards. 

The  first  movement  for  a  division  of  the  Presbytery  was 
made  at  their  meeting  held  at  Springfield,  N.  J.,  Oct.  5, 
1809.  The  Synod  at  its  meeting  thus  defines  the  bounds 
of  the  New  Presbytery:  "That  so  much  of  the  Presbytery 
of  New  York  as  lies  east  of  the  Hudson  River  and  south  of 
the  towns  of  Bedford,  Yorktown,  and  Peekskill  in  West- 
chester County,  and  so  much  of  the  Presbytery  of  Long 
Island  as  lies  west  of  Hempstead  Plains,  including  the  Rev. 
Dr.  John  Rodgers,  Mr.  George  Faitoute,  Mr.  Nathan 
Woodhull,  Mr.  Peter  Fish,  Dr.  Samuel  Miller,  Dr.  Philip 
Milledoler,  Mr.  John  McNeice,  Dr.  John  B.  Romeyn,  and 
Mr.  W' illiam  P.  Kuypers,  be  constituted  a  Presbytery  by 
the  name  of '  The  Presbytery  of  New  York.'  " 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK, 

181O-187O. 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK. 
1810-1870. 


IT  has  been  a  difficult  question  to  decide  how  to  present 
the  history  of  the  Presbytery  of  New  York  without 
confusion,  or  without  loading  it  with  that  which  is  im- 
material. With  some  hesitation  I  have  concluded  to  take 
up  the  following  points,  tracing  each  one  in  turn  through 
the  life  of  the  Presbytery,  thus  embracing  all  that  is 
material  in  the  history.     These  points  are,  — 

I.   An   account    of  the    organization,   reception,    and    pastoral 
changes  of  the  various  churches,  which  will  include  the 
bulk  of  the  history. 
II.    Proceedings  in  reference  to  the  education  of  candidates  for 
the  ministry. 

III.  Missionary  operations  of  the  Presbytery  within  its  own  bounds, 

embracing  the  various  schemes  for  church  extension. 

IV.  Action  of  Presbytery  in  relation  to  the  division  and  reunion  of 

the  church. 
V.   Miscellaneous  matters. 

On  the  second  Tuesday  of  January,  18 10,  the  Presbytery 
of  New  York,  as  erected  by  the  Synod,  convened  in  the 
French  Church  in  Pine  Street,  New  York,  —  the  Wall  Street 
Church,  the  place  appointed  by  the  Synod,  being  in  an 
unsafe  condition.  There  were  present  at  the  organization 
the  Rev.  Messrs.  John  Rodgers,  D.  D.,  George  Faitoute, 
Samuel  Miller,  Philip  Milledoler,  John  McNeice,  John  B. 
Romeyn,    and    William   P.  Kuypers ;    Nathan   Woodhull 


36  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK. 

and  Peter  Fish  appeared  later,  with  Elders  Robert  McGill 
and  J.  R.  B.  Rodgers  from  the  Wall  Street  Church,  William 
Ludlum  from  the  Church  in  Jamaica,  Long  Island,  Benja- 
min Egbert  from  the  Brick  Church,  Henry  Rutgers  from 
the  Rutgers  Street  Church,  Philip  Cahoon  from  the  Irish 
Church,  Zachariah  Lewis  from  the  Cedar  Street  Church,  and 
John  Burtis  from  the  Church  at  Hempstead,  Long  Island. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Miller  was  chosen  the  first  moderator, 
and  Mr.  Zachariah  Lewis  the  stated  clerk. 

The  Presbytery,  as  thus  constituted,  consisted  of  the 
following  churches  and  ministers :  the  Rev.  Messrs.  John 
Rodgers  and  Samuel  Miller,  pastors  of  the  Wall  Street 
Church  ;  Philip  Milledoler  of  the  Rutgers  Street  Church  ; 
John  McNeice  of  the  Irish  Church;  John  B.  Romeyn  of 
the  Cedar  Street  Church;  William  P.  Kuypers  of  the 
Hempstead  Church ;  George  Faitoute  of  the  Jamaica 
Church ;  Nathan  Woodhull  of  the  Newtown  Church ;  and 
Peter  Fish,  without  charge,  with  the  Brick  Church,  New 
York,  vacant. 

We  proceed  to  the  first  point  proposed,  —  an  account  of 
the  organization,  reception,  and  pastoral  changes  of  each 
church. 

It  does  not  lie  within  our  province  to  give  the  internal 
history  of  these  churches,  —  that  must  be  done  by  each 
church  for  itself,  —  but  simply  to  follow  the  action  of 
Presbytery  in  relation  to  them.  We  first  notice  the  origi- 
nal churches  of  the  Presbytery,  and  then  pass  on  to  those 
afterwards  received. 

On  the  reorganization  of  Presbytery  the  Wall  Street 
Church  was  served  by  the  venerable  John  Rodgers  and 
WALL  Samuel  Miller  as  colleague  pastors.  On  the  9th 
STREET,  of  May,  181 1,  Dr.  Rodgers  departed  this  hfe ;  and 
on  the  13th  of  September,  18 13,  the  Rev.  Dr.  Miller,  who 
had  been  appointed  by  the  General  Assembly  professor 
of  ecclesiastical  history  and    church   government   in  the 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK.         37 

Theological  Seminary  at  Princeton,  was  released  from  his 
charge.  On  the  25th  of  April,  1815,  the  Rev.  Philip 
Melancthon  Whelpley,  a  licentiate  of  Presbytery,  was 
ordained  the  pastor.  After  a  short  but  successful  pastor- 
ate, Mr.  Whelpley  died  at  his  post,  July  17,  1824.  He  was 
succeeded  by  the  Rev.  William  W.  Phillips,  who  at  the  time 
of  his  call  was  pastor  of  the  Pearl  St.  Presbyterian  Church, 
N.  Y.  Dr.  Phillips  was  installed  on  the  19th  of  January, 
1826.  After  a  faithful  and  earnest  ministry  over  this  people 
of  more  than  forty  years,  he  was  released  from  his  charge 
by  death,  on  the  20th  of  March,  1865.  The  next  pastor  was 
the  Rev.  William  M.  Paxton,  who  at  the  time  of  his  call 

was  pastor  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  at  Pittsburgh,       . 

Pa.    Dr.  Paxton  was  installed  on  the  20th  of^tfei-dTri866.       7^-e^-  /    - 

The  Brick  Church  had  become  vacant  by  the  release  of 
Dr.  Miller  before  the  reorganization  of  the  Presbytery. 
BSIOK  O^  ^^^  ^^^^  of  August,  1 8 10,  Mr.  Gardiner  Spring, 
CHUECH.  a  licentiate  of  Westford  Association,  Mass.,  was 
ordained  and  installed  pastor.  On  the  22d  of  May,  1859, 
on  account  of  the  increasing  infirmities  of  Dr.  Spring,  the 
Rev.  William  J.  Hoge  of  Roanoke  Presbytery  was  installed 
as  associate  pastor.  The  war  coming  on,  Mr.  Hoge  desired 
to  return  to  the  South,  and  was  released  from  his  charge 
August  5,  1 861.  He  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  William 
G.  T.  Shedd,  professor  in  the  Andover  Theological  Semi- 
nary, who  was  installed  associate  pastor  on  the  13th  of 
April,  1862.  Dr.  Shedd,  having  been  appointed  professor 
in  the  Union  Theological  Seminary,  N.  Y.,  was  released 
from  his  charge  Oct.  18,  1863.  On  the  15th  of  February, 
1865,  the  Rev.  James  O.  Murray,  of  the  Essex  South 
Association,  Mass.,  was  installed  associate  pastor. 

During  all  these  years  Dr.  Spring  stood  in  his  lot  admired, 
honored,  and  successful.  His  was  probably  the  most 
remarkable  pastorate  in  our  church.  Entering  as  a  youth 
upon  this  difficult  and  responsible  work,  he  ministered  to 
the  same  people  for  more  than  sixty  years. 


38  THE   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW   YORK. 

The  Rev.  Philip  Milledoler  was  pastor  of  the  Rutgers 
Street  Church,  at  the  time  of  the  re-organization  of  the 
KUTGEES  Presbytery.  Having  accepted  a  call  to  the 
STREET.  Reformed  Dutch  Church  in  N.  Y.,  Dr.  Milledoler 
was  released  from  his  charge  on  the  21st  of  April,  181 3. 
On  the  19th  of  April,  18 14,  a  call  was  given  to  the  Rev. 
Ezra  Stiles  Ely,  a  member  of  the  Ecclesiastical  Council  in 
New  London,  which  resulted  in  a  long  controversy,  and 
the  refusal  of  Presbytery  to  put  the  call  into  his  hands. 
On  the  17th  of  October,  18 15,  Mr.  Alexander  McLelland, 
a  licentiate  of  Presbytery,  was  ordained  and  installed.  Mr. 
McLelland  was  released  from  the  charge  on  the  26th  of 
December,  1821.  He  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  Thomas 
McAuley,  who  was  installed  Aug.  i,  1822.  The  church  was 
in  a  state  of  continual  revival  during  his  ministry.  The 
pastoral  relation  with  Dr.  McAuley  was  dissolved  Dec.  8, 
1829.  He  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  John  M.  Krebs,  who 
was  received  from  the  Presbytery  of  Carlisle  and  installed 
Nov.  12,  1830.  Dr.  Krebs  was  one  of  the  most  active  and 
useful  members  of  Presbytery,  and  a  most  successful  pas- 
tor. He  remained  with  this  church  until  his  death,  which 
occurred  Sept.  30,  1867.  Some  time  before  his  death  the 
church  removed  to  the  Madison  Avenue  Church  edifice, 
and  the  name  was  changed  to  the  "  Rutgers "  Church. 
On  the  22d  of  January,  1868,  the  Rev.  Nathaniel  W.  Conk- 
ling  of  Philadelphia  was  installed  as  pastor. 

Another  of  the  original  churches  of  the  Presbytery  was  the 
Irish  Church,  afterwards  called  the  "  Orange  St.  Church." 
THE  IRISH  On  the  7th  of  July,  181 5,  the  Rev.  John  McNeice, 
CHURCH,  who  had  been  the  pastor  since  1809,  was  released 
from  his  charge,  and  was  followed  by  Mr.  Henry  Blatch- 
ford,  a  licentiate  of  the  Presbytery,  who  was  ordained  and 
installed  Nov.  28,  181 5.  Mr.  Blatchford  was  released 
from  his  charge  Nov.  28,  181 8.  On  the  14th  of  March, 
Mr.  John  Arburtis,  a  licentiate  of  the  Classis  of  New  Bruns- 
wick,  was    ordained    and    installed.      He   remained    until 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK.         39 

Oct.  9,  1 82 1,  when  the  pastoral  relation  was  dissolved. 
On  the  2d  of  April,  1822,  the  Rev.  Robert  McCartee,  who 
had  been  received  from  the  Associate  Presbytery  of  Phila- 
delphia, was  installed  as  pastor.  In  October,  1825,  the 
church  received  the  name  of  "  The  Canal  St.  Presbyterian 
Church,"  having  changed  its  location.  Dr.  McCartee  was 
released  from  his  charge  on  the  21st  of  April,  1836.  On 
the  19th  of  October,  1836,  the  Rev.  John  Anderson,  from  the 
Presbytery  of  Elizabethtown,  was  installed.  Mr.  Anderson 
remained  but  two  years,  and  was  released  Oct.  10,  1838. 
The  church  was  set  off  to  the  Second  Presbytery  of  New 
York  on  the  17th  of  October,  1838. 

The  Cedar  Street  Church,  which  had  been  received  by 
the  old  Presbytery  of  New  York  in  June,  1808,  was  another 
CEDAR  °^  ^^^  original  churches  of  this  Presbytery.  On 
STEEET.  the  22d  of  February,  1825,  the  Rev.  John  B. 
Romeyn,  their  pastor,  died,  and  on  the  7th  of  December, 
1826,  Mr.  Cyrus  Mason  was  ordained  and  installed.  In 
April,  1835,  the  church,  having  changed  its  location,  received 
the  name  of  "  The  Duane  Street  Presbyterian  Church." 

Mr.  Mason  was  released  from  his  charge  Sept.  5,  1835. 
On  the  17th  of  May  the  Rev.  George  Potts,  who  had  been 
received  from  the  Presbytery  of  Mississippi,  was  installed. 
Dr.  Potts,  having  started  a  new  enterprise  in  University 
Place,  resigned  his  charge  April  16,  1844,  and  was  suc- 
ceeded by  the  Rev.  James  W.  Alexander,  who  was  in- 
stalled the  3d  of  October,  1844.  On  the  25th  of  June,  1849, 
Dr.  Alexander  was  released  from  his  charge,  having  been 
appointed  to  succeed  Dr.  Miller  in  the  Theological  Semi- 
nary at  Princeton,  N.  J.  The  church,  after  vain  efforts  to 
secure  a  pastor,  recalled  Dr.  Alexander,  who,  having  ac- 
cepted, was  installed  Nov.  12,  185 1.  In  April,  1852,  the 
church  was  removed  and  the  name  was  changed  to  "  The 
Church  at  the  Corner  of  Nineteenth  Street  and  Fifth 
Avenue."  Dr.  Alexander  was  released  from  his  charge  by 
death,  July  31,  1859.     The  Rev.  Nathan  L.  Rice  of  the 


40  THE   PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK. 

Presbytery  of  Chicago  accepted  a  call,  and  was  installed 

April  28,  1861.     In  consequence  of  ill  health  Dr.  Rice  was 

released  from  his  charge  April  16,  1867;   and  on  the  3d 

of  November  the  Rev.  John  Hall,  of  Dublin,  Ireland,  was 

installed  pastor. 

The  church  at  Jamaica,  L.  I.,  having  lost  its  pastor,  the 

Rev.  George  Faitoute,  on  the  21st  of  August,  181 5,  gave 

a  call  to  Mr.  Henry  R.  Weed,  a  licentiate  of  the 

JAMAICA.    ^^       -^  -IT.,  1  1  ,   .       , 

New  Brunswick  rresbytery,  and  he  was  ordamed 

and  installed  as  pastor  Jan.  4,  18 16.  Mr.  Weed  con- 
tinued their  pastor  until  1822,  when  the  pastoral  relation 
was  dissolved.  On  the  6th  of  March,  1823,  Mr.  Seymour 
P.  Funk,  a  licentiate  of  the  Reformed  Dutch  Church,  was 
ordained  and  installed  pastor.  Some  distraction  arising  in 
the  congregation,  the  pastoral  relation  was  dissolved  May 
9,  1825.  These  troubles  were  in  a  measure  removed  by 
the  faithful  labors  of  the  Rev.  Asahel  Nettleton,  D.D.,who 
spent  some  months  with  them  in  the  winter  of  1826,  and 
was  blessed  with  a  copious  outpouring  of  the  Holy  Spirit. 
On  the  31st  of  October,  1826,  the  Rev.  Elias  W.  Crane,  of 
the  Elizabethtown  Presbytery,  was  installed,  who  remained 
till  his  death,  Nov.  10,  1840.  He  was  succeeded  by  the 
Rev.  James  M.  Macdonald,  from  the  Association  of  New 
London,  Ct.  Mr.  Macdonald  was  installed  on  the  5th  of 
May,  1 841,  and  remained  their  pastor  till  April  16,  1850, 
when  he  was  released  to  take  charge  of  the  Fifteenth  Street 
Church  in  New  York.  On  the  25th  of  May  the  Rev. 
Peter  D.  Oakey,  of  the  Classis  of  Long  Island,  was  installed. 
The  church  was  set  off  to  the  Presbytery  of  Nassau,  Oct. 
16,  1855. 

The  old  church  at  Newtown,  L.  I.,  on  the  death  of  the  Rev. 
Nathan  Woodhull,  who  had  been  their  pastor  since  Decem- 
ber, 1 790,  called   the   Rev.  William   Boardman, 
NEWTOWN  '      /  -^    '  ' 

'who  was  installed  Oct.  22,  181 1.  Mr.  Boardman 
remained  their  pastor  until  his  death,  March  4,  1818.  On 
the  17th  of  November,  18 19,  Mr.  John  Goldsmith,  a  licen- 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK.         41 

tiate  of  the  Presbytery  of  Long  Island,  was  ordained  and 

installed.     The  church  was  set  off  to  the   Presbytery  of 

Nassau,  Oct.  16,  1855. 

The  church  at  Hempstead,  L.  I.,  was  one  of  the  original 

churches  of  the  Presbytery.     On  the  17th  of  June,  1811, 

,„ the  Rev.  William  P.  Kuypers,  who  had  long  been 

HEMPSTEAD,  . 

pastor,  was  released  from  his  charge.     The  Rev. 

Samuel  Robertson,  pastor  of  Huntington,  supplied  this 
church  in  connection  with  his  own  until  181 7.  On  the 
i6th  of  March,  18 18,  Mr.  Charles  Webster,  a  licentiate  of 
the  Presbytery  of  Albany  was  ordained  and  installed  pas- 
tor. On  the  17th  of  April,  1833,  Mr.  Webster  and  the 
church  were  transferred  to  the  Second  Presbytery  of  Long 
Island. 

We  have  thus  given  the  changes  which  occurred  in  the 
churches  which  belonged  to  the  Presbytery  at  its  re-organ- 
ization. The  increase  up  to  the  time  of  the  reunion  in 
1870  will  best  be  seen  by  following  the  same  plan  in  refer- 
ence to  the  churches  organized  and  received  during  the 
same  period.  This  will  exhaust  the  history  of  the  churches, 
as  far  as  presbyterial  action  is  concerned. 

On  the  1 6th  of  April,  181 1,  a  commission  appeared  in 
Presbytery  from  the  First  Congregational  Church  in  New 
ELIZABETH  York,  asking  that  the  church  be  received  under 
STREET.  ^i^Q  (^^Ye  of  Presbytery.  In  their  petition  they 
declare  that  they  approve  of  *'  the  form  of  church  govern- 
ment by  elders,  and  will  introduce  that  form  into  their 
church."  Their  request  was  granted,  and  Dr.  Miller  was 
appointed  to  organize  it  as  a  Presbyterian  church.  Dr. 
Miller  subsequently  reported  that  he  had  performed  this 
duty  on  the  28th  of  April,  and  the  name  of  the  church 
was  ordered  to  be  enrolled.  On  our  minutes  it  is  known 
as  "  The  Elizabeth  Street  Church." 

In  July  of  this  year  Mr.  Henry  P.  Strong,  a  licentiate  of 
the  Middle  Essex  Association,  of  Massachusetts,  was  called 
to  the  church,  and  on  the  4th  of  September  was  ordained 


42  THE   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW   YORK. 

and  installed.  Mr.  Strong  remained  in  charge  of  the 
church  until  April  13,  1813,  when  the  pastoral  relation 
was  dissolved.  Difficulties  which  had  for  some  time  ex- 
isted in  the  church  and  hindered  its  prosperity  led  the 
Presbytery  to  dissolve  it  on  the  19th  of  April,  1819. 

At  the  meeting  of  Presbytery,  held  April  17,  181 1,  ap- 
plication was  made  by  a  number  of  persons  worshipping 
SPRING  in  Spring  Street,  New  York,  to  be  taken  under 
STREET,  their  care.  This  church  was  afterwards  organ- 
ized, but  the  date  is  not  given,  and  on  the  9th  of  August 
was  taken  under  the  care  of  Presbytery.  The  first  pastor 
was  the  Rev.  Matthew  La  Rue  Perrine,  who  was  installed 
on  the  31st  of  October,  181 1.  Dr.  Perrine  was  released 
from  the  charge  July  26,  1820.  He  was  succeeded  by  the 
Rev.  Samuel  H,  Cox,  received  from  the  Presbytery  of 
Jersey,  who  was  installed  on  the  25  th  of  December.  In 
1825,  the  church  having  removed  from  Spring  Street,  the 
name  was  changed  to  "  The  Laight  Street  Church."  On  the 
4th  of  January,  1831,  the  church,  with  its  pastor.  Dr.  Cox, 
was  set  off  to  the  Third  Presbytery  of  New  York.  On  the 
17th  of  December,  1838,  the  church,  with  its  pastor,  the  Rev. 
Flavel  S.  Mines,  was  again  received  under  the  care  of  this 
Presbytery.  Mr.  Mines  resigned  his  charge  October  13, 
1840,  and  on  the  29th  of  December,  the  Rev.  James  Hark- 
ness  was  installed.  Mr.  Harkness  was  released  December 
13,  1842,  and  on  the  loth  of  October,  1843,  the  church 
was  dissolved,  their  edifice  having  been  sold  and  the 
members  scattered. 

On  the  2d  of  August,  181 1,  a  church  was  organized  at 
Mount  Pleasant,  now  Sing  Sing,  N.  Y.,  and  on  the  same  day 

MOUNT  Mr.  Thomas  Jackson,  a  licentiate  of  Lexington 
PLEASANT.  Presbytery,  was  ordained  and  installed  its  pastor. 
On  the  1 6th  of  January,  18 16,  Mr.  William  Gray,  a  licen- 
tiate of  the  Presbytery  was  ordained  and  installed  associate 
pastor  with  Mr.  Jackson,  it  being  understood  that  his  sup- 
port was  to  be  derived  from  a  classical  school  which  he 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK.         43 

was  to  teach.  Failing  in  this,  it  became  impossible  for  the 
church  to  support  both  pastors.  Accordingly,  on  the  7th 
of  May,  Mr.  Jackson  asked  to  be  released  from  the  charge. 
The  congregation  opposing  the  request,  Presbytery  refused 
to  release  him.  On  the  17th  of  May  Mr.  Gray  asked  to  be 
released,  and  although  the  church  opposed  the  request,  the 
Presbytery  dissolved  the  pastoral  relation.  On  the  12th  of 
January,  181 7,  Mr.  Jackson  was  released  from  his  charge. 
The  church  lingered  in  a  feeble  condition  until  1820,  when, 
being  called  to  account  for  employing  a  deposed  minister 
as  their  stated  supply,  they  left  the  Presbytery  and  con- 
nected themselves  with  the  Associated  Presbytery  of  West- 
chester. We  hear  nothing  further  of  them  till  October  1 1, 
1825,  when  they  applied  to  be  received  by  the  Presbytery 
again.  It  appearing  that  the  organization  was  extinct, 
a  committee  was  appointed  to  reorganize  it,  which  was 
done,  and  the  church  enrolled  Oct.  10,  1826.  On  Nov.  3, 
1829,  this  church,  with  others,  was  set  off  by  Synod  to 
constitute  the  Presbytery  of  Bedford. 

In  October,  181 1,  the  Rev.  Walter  King  was  appointed 
by  Presbytery  to  act  as  a  missionary  in  New  Rochelle, 

NEW  which  led  to  the  organization  of  a  church  on  the 
EOCHELLE.  2 1  St  of  April,  i8i2.  On  the  3d  of  November, 
1829,  the  church  was  set  off  to  the  Presbytery  of  Bedford. 

The  Seventh  Presbyterian  Church  was  taken  under  the 

care  of  Presbytery,  Oct.  14,  18 18.     At  this  time  they  had 

no  pastor,  but  in  1820  the  Rev.  Elisha  B.  Bald- 

SEVENTH.  .^iT.,,  rr  11  11, 

wm,  of  the  Presbytery  01  Londonderry,  was  called, 
and  having  accepted,  was  installed  December  25.  The 
church  was  set  off  to  the  Third  Presbytery  of  New  York 
Jan.  4,  183 1. 

On  the  1 2th  of  October,  18 19,  the  Eighth  Presbyterian 
Church  at  Greenwich,  New  York  City,  was  received  by  the 

Presbytery,  and  on  the  9th  of  November  the  Rev. 

EIGHTH  J        J  '  ^ 

Stephen  N.  Rowan,  from  the  Classis  of  New  York, 
was  installed  pastor;  after  a  successful  ministry  Dr.  Rowan 


44  THE   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW   YORK. 

was  released  from  his  charge  July  6,  1830.  Their  next  pas- 
tor was  the  Rev.  Henry  Hunter,  who  was  installed  June  29, 
1 83 1.     Mr.  Hunter  died  while  in  charge,  Aug.  27,  1834. 

The  Rev.  Edward  D.  Smith,  of  the  Presbytery  of  the 
District  of  Columbia,  succeeded  Mr.  Hunter,  and  was  in- 
stalled July  9,  1835.  The  church  was  dissolved  on  the 
loth  of  October,  1843.  It  is  probable  that  most  of  the 
members  connected  themselves  with  the  Chelsea  Church, 
of  which  Dr.  Smith  became  the  pastor. 

In  July,  1 8 16,  a  mission  church  was  gathered  by  the 
"  Female  Missionary  Society,"  in  Bancker  Street  (now 
ALLEN  Madison  Street),  and  on  the  17th  of  October, 
STEEET.  18 17,  a  house  of  worship  was  dedicated.  In  1822, 
the  church  changed  its  location,  and  has  been  known  ever 
since  as  "  The  Allen  Street  Church,"  although  the  corporate 
name,  "  The  Mission  Church  in  the  City  of  New  York," 
has  never  been  changed.  The  Rev.  Ward  Stafford  was 
the  first  supply,  followed  by  the  Rev.  William  Gray,  who 
labored  among  them  faithfully  until  1827.  The  church 
was  taken  under  the  care  of  Presbytery,  Oct.  10,  1820. 
On  the  15th  of  April,  1829,  the  Rev.  Henry  White  was 
installed  the  first  pastor.  The  church  was  set  off  to  the 
Third  Presbytery  of  New  York,  Jan.  4,  1831. 

On  the  loth  of  October,  1821,  the  Rev.  Christian  F. 
Frey,  with  his  congregation  in  Vandewater  Street,  was 
VANDE-  received  by  Presbytery.  The  pastoral  relation 
"WATER      with  Mr.  Frey  was  dissolved  Sept.  9,   1822.     In 

STREET 

May,  1823,  the  church  withdrew  from  Presbytery, 
and  on  the  i6th  of  October,  the  name  was  erased  from  the 
roll  of  churches.  The  -church  was  again  received  under 
the  care  of  Presbytery  Jan.  4,  1826,  and  on  the  i6th  Mr. 
Thomas  E.  Vermilye  was  ordained  and  installed  pastor. 
On  the  5th  of  June,  1829,  on  account  of  the  embarrassed 
state  of  the  finances,  the  pastoral  relation  v/as  dissolved, 
and  soon  after  the  church  was  disbanded. 

A   colored  church  was    gathered  in   Rose    Street,   and 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK.         45 

taken  under  the  care  of  Presbytery,  April  16,  1822.  It  took 
FIRST  the  name  of  **  The  First  Colored  Church,"  and 
COLOEED.  ^\-^Q  Rqv,  Samuel  E.  Cornish,  from  the  Presbytery 
of  Philadelphia,  was  installed  April  22,  1824.  In  October, 
1826,  Mr.  Cornish  asked  to  be  released  from  his  charge  on 
account  of  the  embarrassed  condition  of  the  church,  they 
having  been  compelled  to  sell  their  edifice  to  meet  their 
engagements.  Presbytery  feeling  the  importance  of  the 
enterprise,  and  having  full  confidence  in  Mr.  Cornish,  de- 
clined his  request,  and  authorized  him  to  go  among  the 
churches  and  seek  the  necessary  aid.  He  does  not  appear 
to  have  been  successful,  for  on  the  28th  of  April,  1828,  the 
pastoral  relation  was  dissolved.  At  the  same  time  Presby- 
tery expressed  their  peculiar  interest  in  this  feeble  church, 
and  appointed  a  committee  of  "  special  advice  "to  act  in 
their  behalf.     At  the  meeting  of  Presbytery  in  October, 

1829,  this  committee  reported  that  the  church  had  in- 
creased to  one  hundred  and  twenty  members,  and  had  a 
regular  congregation  of  two  hundred,  and  that  the  collec- 
tions in  its  behalf  had  been  amply  sufficient  to  meet  all 
their  engagements.     At  the  next  stated  meeting,  in  April, 

1830,  Presbytery  authorized  the  committee  to  procure  a 
suitable  house  of  worship  for  the  congregation,  the  title  to 
be  held  by  trustees  appointed  by  Presbytery.  Accord- 
ingly, a  house  was  purchased  at  the  corner  of  Frankfort 
and  William  Streets,  for  the  sum  of  $12,500. 

After  the  resignation  of  Mr.  Cornish,  the  Rev.  Theodore 
Wright,  of  the  Presbytery  of  Albany,  became  pastor  of  the 
church;  but  in  1839  he  withdrew  from  Presbytery  in  an 
irregular  manner,  and  his  name  was  dropped  from  the  roll, 
and  in  October,  1840,  the  church  withdrew  and  connected 
itself  with  the  Third  Presbytery  of  New  York. 

On  the   1 6th  of  April,    1822,  the    Central  Presbyterian 

Church,    in    Broome    Street,   which    had   been    regularly 

organized,   was  received  by  Presbytery,  and  on 

the  7th  of  May,   the  Rev.  William  Patton,  who 


46  THE    PRESBYTERY   OF   NEW   YORK. 

had  been  received  from  the  Addison  Association,  Ver- 
mont, was  installed  pastor.  On  the  4th  of  January, 
1 83 1,  the  church  was  set  off  to  the  Third  Presbytery  of 
New  York. 

The  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Brooklyn  was  received 
by  Presbytery  April  16,  1822,  and  on  the  i6th  of  October, 

FIRST  1823,  Mr.  Joseph  Sandford,  a  licentiate  of  the  ^ 
BROOKLYN.  Presbytery,  was  ordained  and  installed  pastor. 
Mr.  Sandford  was  released  from  the  charge  Dec.  25,  1828. 
On  the  1 8th  of  March,  1829,  the  Rev.  Daniel  L.  Carroll, 
from  the  Consociation  of  Litchfield,  Ct,  was  installed 
pastor.  Dr.  Carroll  remained  until  June  30,  1835,  when 
he  was  released  by  Presbytery.  He  was  succeeded  by  the 
Rev.  Samuel  H.  Cox,  who  was  installed  on  the  8th  of  May, 
1837.  In  October,  1838,  Dr.  Cox  and  a  part  of  the  con- 
gregation withdrew  from  Presbytery,  and  connected  them- 
selves with  the  Presbytery  of  Brooklyn.  The  part  that 
adhered  to  the  Presbytery  called  the  Rev.  Melancthon  W. 
Jacobus,  who  was  installed  Sept.  15,  1839.  On  the  21st  of 
October,  185 1,  Dr.  Jacobus  having  been  appointed  by  the 
General  Assembly  Professor  in  the  Theological  Seminary 
at  Alleghany,  Pa.,  was  released  from  his  charge.  On  the 
29th  of  June,  1853,  the  Rev.  Henry  J.  Van  Dyke  was  in- 
stalled pastor.  The  church  was  set  off  to  the  Presbytery 
of  Nassau,  Oct.  16,  1855. 

The  Bowery  Presbyterian  Church  was  taken  under  the 
care  of  Presbytery  April  17,  1822,  and  on  the  13th  of  Octo- 
ber, 1823,  the  Rev.  Ward  Stafford  was  installed 
BOWERY.      ,    .         ^  T,T       o     rr     ,   1     ,   1  •      , 

their    pastor.      Mr.    Stafford  had   been    received 

from  the  Association  of  the  Western  District  of  New 
Haven  in  October,  181 7,  and  up  to  this  time  had  been 
acting  as  a  missionary  among  the  charitable  institutions 
of  the  city.  In  April,  1827,  troubles  arose  in  this  church, 
which  in  the  autumn  resulted  in  the  resignation  of  Mr.  Staf- 
ford. On  the  30th  of  September,  1 830,  the  Rev.  John  Wood- 
bridge,  from  the  Hampshire  Association  of  Massachusetts, 


THE   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW  YORK.  47 

was  installed  pastor.  The  church  and  pastor  were  set  off 
to  the  Third  Presbytery  of  New  York,  Jan.  4,  1831. 

On  the  loth  of  January,  1823,  the  Fourteenth  Presby- 
terian Church,  as  it  was  called,  in  Provost  Street,  New 
PROVOST  York,  was  taken  under  the  care  of  Presbytery, 
STREET,  and  on  the  13th,  the  Rev.  James  Ogilvie,  from 
the  Presbytery  of  Hanover,  was  installed  pastor.  On 
account  of  inadequate  support  Mr.  Ogilvie  resigned  his 
charge  Oct.  12,  1825,  and  the  church  was  dissolved. 

The  "  American  Presbyterian  Society  of  Montreal,"  Can- 
ada, was  organized  May  23,  1823,  and  was  taken  under  the 

care   of  Presbytery  July   12,   1824.     A   protest 
MONTREAL.  .  ,  "^     .  "^    "^  ^   ,  .       '         ,    ,  ^ . 

agamst  the  reception  01  this  church  because  it  was 

not  within  the  bounds  of  the  Presbytery,  because  it  tended 
to  excite  jealousies  among  the  contiguous  congregations, 
and  because  it  was  impossible  to  exercise  proper  super- 
intendence over  a  congregation  at  such  a  distance,  was 
presented  and  recorded,  signed  by  eight  ministers  and  one 
elder.  On  the  ist  of  August  Mr.  Joseph  S.  Christmas,  a 
licentiate  from  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia,  was  ordained 
and  installed  the  first  pastor.  On  account  of  ill  health  Mr. 
Christmas  was  released  from  his  charge  on  the  14th  of 
October,  1828.  He  was  succeeded  by  Mr.  George  W. 
Perkins,  a  licentiate  from  the  Association  of  the  Eastern 
District  of  New  Haven,  who  was  ordained  and  installed 
May  30,  1830.  The  church  and  pastor  were  set  off  to  the 
Third  Presbytery  of  New  York,  Jan.  4,  1831. 

The  church  at  White  Plains  was  received  by  Presbytery, 
WHITE  O*^^-  2^'  1824,  and  on  Nov.  3,  1829,  was  set  off  by 
PLAINS.      Synod  to  Bedford  Presbytery. 

On  the  23d  of  April,  1825,  a  church  in  Bleecker  Street 
was  taken  under  the  care  of  Presbytery,  and  on  the  14th 
BLEECKER  of  June,  the  Rev.  Mathias  Bruen,  from  the  Classis 
STREET,  of  New  York,  was  installed.  Mr.  Bruen  remained 
in  charge  until  his  death,  which  occurred  Sept.  6,  1829. 
On  the  loth  of  September,  the  Rev.  Erskine  Mason,  from 


48  THE   PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK. 

the  Presbytery  of  Albany,  was  installed  pastor.  The 
church  and  pastor  were  set  off  to  the  Third  Presbytery  of 
New  York,  Jan.  4,  1831. 

The  church  at  South  Greensburgh  was  received  by  Pres- 
SOUTH  bytery  on  the  22d  of  April,  1825,  and  on  the  3d 
GREENS-  of  November,  1829,  was  set  off  by  Synod  to  the 
Presbytery  of  Bedford. 

On  the  1 8th  of  June,  1825,  a  church  at  Greensburgh  was 
organized,  and  on  the  i  ith  of  October  was  taken  under  the 

GEEENSBUEGH.^^'^  °^  Presbytery.    On  November  3,  1829,  the 
.  church  was  set  off  to  Bedford  Presbytery. 
The  Independent  Presbyterian  Congregation  of  Peeks- 
kill,  N.  Y.,  was  received  by   Presbytery   on  the  24th  of 

January,  1826.     At  the  next  meeting  of  Pres- 
PEEKSKLLL.        ;f  ^\  .  .  ,    ,  , 

bytery  this  action  was  reversed,  because  there 

appeared  to  be  much  opposition  in  the  congregation  to  the 
course  taken;  but  on  the  28th  of  June  in  the  same  year, 
the  application  was  renewed,  and  the  church  received. 
On  the  14th  of  December  the  Rev.  John  H.  Leggett  from 
the  Second  Presbytery  of  New  York  was  installed  pastor. 
There  is  no  record  of  the  release  of  Mr.  Leggett,  but  on 
the  13th  of  November,  1832,  the  Rev.  William  Marshall 
from  the  Dysart  Relief  Presbytery,  Scotland,  was  installed. 
The  church  was  set  off  to  the  newly  erected  Second  Pres- 
bytery of  New  York,  Oct.  17,  1838. 

The  (New)  Spring  Street  Church  which  had  been  organ- 
ized, Dec.  29,  1825,  was  taken  under  the  care  of  Presby- 
SPRING  ^^^y  April  19,  1826.  On  the  26th  of  November, 
STREET  1828,  the  Rev.  Henry  G.  Ludlow,  from  the  North 
^  '  Association  of  Hartford,  Ct.,  was  installed  the  first 
pastor.  The  church  and  pastor  were  set  off  to  the  Third 
Presbytery  of  New  York,  Jan.  4,  1831. 

On  the  14th  of  October,  1828,  the  Village  Church,  New 
York,  was  received,  and  the  name  changed  to  "  The  Taber- 
VILLAGE  nacle  Church,"  and  on  the  26th  of  November  the 
CHURCH.    Rev.  Alexander  G.  Eraser,  from  the  Presbytery  of 


THE   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW   YORK.  49 

EHzabethtown,  was  installed  pastor.  Mr.  Fraser  was  re- 
leased from  his  charge  Sept.  30,  1830,  and  on  the  15th  of 
October  the  church  was  dissolved.  This  was  the  last 
church  organized  by  a  single  member  of  Presbytery. 
From  this  time  all  churches  were  organized  by  direction 
and  advice  of  Presbytery. 

A  church  was  organized  at  Rye,  N.  Y.,  on  the  4th  of 
March,  1829,  and  enrolled  by  the  Presbytery  April  21,  1829. 
On  the  3d  of  November  it  was  set  off  by  Synod  to  the 
Presbytery  of  Bedford. 

On  the  25th  of  May,  1829,  a  church  was  organized  at 
Sweet  Hollow,  L.  I.,  and  was  received  by  Presbytery  Octo- 
SWEET  b^^  ^5-  On  the  8th  of  October,  1833,  the  church 
HOLLOW,  -was  transferred  to  the  Second  Presbytery  of  Long 
Island.  The  Rev.  Joseph  Nimmo,who  had  been  supplying 
this  church  for  some  time,  was  also  dismissed  to  the  same 
Presbytery. 

A  church  was  organized  in  Carmine  Street  at  the  head 
of  Varick  Street  Oct.  13,  1829,  and  the  next  day  was 
CAEMINE  received  by  Presbytery.  On  the  4th  of  January, 
STREET.  1831,  it  was  set  off  to  the  Third  Presbytery  of 
New  York. 

On  the  14th  of  October,  1829,  the  Union  Presbyterian 
Church  was  organized  and  received  by  Presbytery.     On 
the  4th  of  January,   1831,   it  was  set  off  to  the 
Third  Presbytery  of  New  York. 

On  the  8th  of  December,  1829,  the  North  Church  was  re- 
ceived by  Presbytery;  and  on  the  4th  of  January, 
1 83 1,  it  was  set  off  to  the  Third  Presbytery  of 
New  York. 

The  Free  Presbyterian  Church  of  the  First  Ward,  in 
Thames  St.,  N.  Y.,was  taken  under  the  care  of  Presbytery, 
riRST  Oct.  II,  1830.  This  was  the  first  of  a  number  of 
PREE.  Free  Churches  which  were  afterwards  established, 

designed  to  reach  the  masses,  who  had  no  regular  church 
connection.     The  plan  was  finally  abandoned,  not  having 

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50         THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK. 

accomplished  the  intended  purpose.  The  first  pastor  of 
this  church  was  the  Rev.  Joel  Parker,  who  was  installed 
Oct.  27,  1830.  The  church  and  pastor  were  set  off  to  the 
Third  Presbytery  of  New  York,  Jan,  4,  1831. 

The  Second  Church  of  Brooklyn,  previously  organized, 
was  taken  under  the  care  of  Presbytery  Dec.  20,  1831,  and 
BEOOKLTN  °^  ^^^^  ~^^  °^  March,  1832,  the  Rev.  Ichabod  S. 
SECOND.  Spencer,  from  the  Hampshire  Association,  Mass., 
was  installed  pastor.  The  church  was  set  off  to  the  Pres- 
bytery of  Nassau,  Oct.  16,  1855. 

On  the  5th  of  November,  1833,  a  church  at  Rondout, 
N.  Y.,  which  had  been  previously  organized,  asked  to  be 

taken  under  the  care  of  Presbytery.  They  were 
KONDOUT.  . 

advised  to  connect  themselves  with  the  Presby- 
tery of  Columbia  in  whose  vicinity  they  were,  but  Presby- 
tery consented  in  the  meantime  to  ordain  and  install  Mr. 
John  Mason;  w^hich  was  done  on  the  13th  of  November. 
On  the  14th  of  April,  1834,  Mr.  Mason  was  dismissed  to 
the  Presbytery  of  Columbia,  with  the  expectation  that  the 
church  would  be  received  by  them.  On  the  15th  of  Octo- 
ber he  informed  Presbytery  that  Columbia  Presbytery  had 
declined  receiving  .the  church,  because  from  all  the  evi- 
dence in  the  case  it  most  properly  belonged  within  the 
limits  of  Hudson  Presbytery.  Accordingly,  the  church 
was  transferred  to  that  Presbytery. 

This  action  of  the  Presbytery  of  New  York,  in  ordaining 
and  installing  a  minister  over  a  church  beyond  their  bounds, 
was  declared  to  be  irregular  by  Synod,  Oct.  23,  1834, 

On  the  3d  of  February,  1834,  Presbytery  received  the 
Tabernacle  Church,  which  had  been  previously  organized. 
TABERNACLE  The  church  asked  permission  to  extend  a  call  to 
(NEW).  the  Rev_  Alonzo  Welton  of  the  Third  Presbytery 
of  New  York,  who  was  then  applying  for  admission  to  this 
Presbytery.  The  Presbytery  declined  to  receive  Mr. 
Welton,  and  directed  him  to  cease  immediately  from  all 
labors  as   a   minister  among  that  people.      On  the    13th 


THE   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW  YORK.  51 

of  March  at  the  request  of  the  session,  the  church  was 
dissolved.  The  church  immediately  applied  to  the  Pres- 
bytery of  North  River  to  be  received  by  them.  In 
April  that  Presbytery  received  the  church  and  installed 
Mr.  Welton.  The  case  was  referred  to  the  Synod 
of  New  York,  and  this  action  was  by  it  declared  to  be 
irregular. 

The  Eighth  Avenue  Church  was  taken  under  the  care  of 
Presbytery  April  14,  1834.  On  the  23d  of  April,  1835,  Mr. 
EiaHTH  Henry  A.  Riley,  a  licentiate  of  Presbytery,  was 
AVENUE,  ordained  and  installed.  In  1838  the  church  with- 
drew from  the  Presbytery  and  connected  itself  with  the 
Fourth  Presbytery  of  New  York. 

At  the  meeting  of  Presbytery  held  Oct.  22,  1834,  the 

united  church  of  Greenbush  and  Nyack,  with  their  pastor, 

GREENBUSH  ^^^  ■^^^"  J^""^^  Dewing,  was   received  into  the 

AND       Presbytery,  agreeably  to  a  resolution  of  the  Synod 

NYACK.  ^^  ^^^  York.  On  the  loth  of  May,  1841,  the 
united  church  was  divided,  forming  two  churches,  to  be 
called  respectively  "  The  Presbyterian  Church  of  Green- 
bush,"  and  "The  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Nyack ;  " 
although  distinct  churches,  they  were  to  be  continued  under 
the  same  pastoral  care.  On  the  14th  of  June  Mr.  Dewing  was 
released  from  the  Nyack  Church,  and  on  the  25th  of  Octo- 
ber the  Rev.  Charles  M.  Oakley  was  installed  pastor.  Mr. 
Oakley  was  released  from  his  charge  Oct.  10,  1843.  On 
the  loth  of  November  the  Rev.  Joseph  Penny,  D.  D.,  was 
installed,  where  he  remained  until  April  20,  1847,  when  the 
pastoral  relation  was  dissolved.  Dr.  Penny  was  succeeded 
by  the  Rev.  Isaac  S.  Davison,  who  was  installed  on  the 
26th  of  October,  1847.  Mr.  Davison  continued  in  this 
charge  till  Oct.  19,  1852,  when  he  was  released.  He  was 
followed  by  the  Rev.  Joseph  Cory,  who  was  installed  on 
the  2 1st  of  May,  1853.  Mr.  Cory  remained  their  pas- 
tor amid  many  distracting  troubles  until  April  17,  1867, 
when   he  was    released   from   the  charge.     On   the   25th 


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THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK. 


7 


of  November,  1867,  the  Rev.  Francis  L.  Patton,  who  had 
been  released  from  the  Eighty-fourth  Street  Church,  was 
installed. 

On  the  9th  of  October,  1855,  the  Rev.  Jared  Dewing 
resigned  the  charge  of  Greenbush,  and  on  the  nth  of 
June,  1856,  the  Rev.  Thomas  J.  Evans,  from  the  Presbytery 
of  Nassau,  was  installed.  At  the  Reunion  this  church  was 
set  off  to  the  Presbytery  of  Hudson. 

On  the  14th  of  October,  1835,  the  Sixth  Avenue  Church 
was  received  by  Presbytery.  Difficulties  having  arisen  in 
SIXTH  the  church,  on  account  of  the  theological  views 
AVENUE,  of  their  stated  supply,  the  Rev.  David  Longmore, 
the  Presbytery  dissolved  the  church  on  the  17th  of  Octo- 
ber, 1838. 

A  company  of  persons  worshipping  in  the  University  of 
New  York  were  organized  into  a  church,  and  received  by 
Presbytery  April  20,  1836.     Its  existence  was 
short,  being  dissolved  April  17,  1838. 

The  Ninth  Church  a  colony  from  Canal  St.,  having  been 
previously  organized,  was  received  by  Presbytery  Oct.  18, 
1836.  On  the  ^-th  of  J-uly,  1837,  Mr.  Robert 
Birch,  a  licentiate  of  Presbytery,  was  ordained 
and  installed  its  pastor.  Mr.  Birch  was  released  from  his 
charge  Oct.  10,  1838.  The  church,  being  in  a  feeble  con- 
dition, was  recommended  by  Presbytery  to  reunite  with 
the  Canal  St.  Church,  which  they  declined  to  do,  —  giving 
reasons  for  their  decision.  The  name  of  the  Ninth  Church 
disappears  from  the  roll  after  October,  1839,  though  when 
it  was  dissolved  is  not  on  record. 

On  the  5th  of  July,  1839,  a  Presbyterian  church  was 
organized  at  Thompsonville,  Ct.,  and  on  the  9th  was 
THOMPSON-  received  and  enrolled.     The  next  day  the  Rev. 

VILLE.  Joseph  Plarvey,  D.  D.,  from  the  North  Associa- 
tion of  Hartford,  was  installed  pastor.  The  church  and 
pastor  were  set  off  to  the  Presbytery  of  Connecticut  Oct. 
15,  1850. 


UNIVERSITY. 


NINTH. 


THE   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW   YORK.  53 

On  the  20th  of  December,  1842,  the  Wallabout  Church, 
Brooklyn,  was  organized ;   and  was  recognized  by  Presby- 
tery Feb.  28,  1843.     The  Rev.  Jonathan  Green- 
WALLABOUT.  ,     "^  •     1  11    j    ^u    •  ^  ^u      Q.i        r 

leal  was  installed  their   pastor   on  the  bth   of 

March.     The  church  and  pastor  were  set  off  to  the  Pres- 
bytery of  Nassau  Oct.  16,  1855. 

The  Chelsea  Church  was  received  by  Presbytery  Nov. 
20,  1843,  and  on  the  27th  the  Rev.  Edward  D.  Smith  was 

installed  pastor.    In  March,  1868,  the  Rev.  Morse 
CHELSEA. 

Rowell,  who  had  just   been   released    from   the 

Alexander   Church,  was    installed  associate   pastor.      On 

account  of  failing  health  Dr.  Smith  was  released  from  his 

charge  April  13,  1869. 

The  First  Church  of  Williamsburgh  was  organized  April 
19,  1844,  and  received  by  Presbytery  October  the  8th. 
WILLIAMS-  ^^  ^^^  ^^^^  ^^  February,  1845,  the  Rev.  Paul  E. 
BURGH  Stevenson  was  installed  pastor.  Mr.  Stevenson 
PIEST.  ^^g  released  from  his  charge  Oct.  9,  1849.  On 
the  20th  of  January,  1850,  Mr.  John  D.  Wells  was  ordained 
and  installed  pastor.  The  church  was  set  off  to  the  Pres- 
bytery of  Nassau  Oct.  16,  1855. 

The  First  Church  of  Jersey  City  was  organized  April  22, 

1844,  and  was  recognized   by  Presbytery  on  the  loth  of 

JEESET    ^^y-     On  the  20th  the  Rev.  John  Johnstone  was 

CITY     installed  pastor.    On  the  15th  of  November,  1848, 

FIRST.  ]y[j.  Le^is  H.  Lee  was  ordained  and  installed 
associate  pastor.  On  the  28th  of  February,  1850,  Mr.  Lee 
was  released  from  his  charge,  and  on  the  27th  of  May  Mr. 
Johnstone  was  released.  On  the  12th  of  June  Mr.  David 
King  was  ordained  and  installed  pastor.  On  account  of 
ill  health  Mr.  King  was  released  Oct.  14,  1851,  and  was 
succeeded  by  the  Rev.  Charles  K.  Imbrie,  who  was  in- 
stalled Feb.  II,  1852.  At  the  Reunion  this  church  was  set 
off  to  the  Presbytery  of  Jersey  City. 

On  the  8th  of  September,  1844,  the  Fifteenth  St.  Church 
was  organized ;  and  on  the  8th  of  October,  was  recognized  by 


54  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK. 

Presbytery.    The  Rev.  William  D.  Snodgrass,  D.D.,  was  in 

FIFTEENTH  Stalled  the  first  pastor  March  15,  1846.    Dr.  Snod- 

STKEET.     grass  was  released  from  his  charge  Oct.  9,  1849. 

He  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  James  M.  Macdonald,  who 

was  installed  April  25,  1850.     Dr.  Macdonald  was  released 

April  19,  1853.     The  church  remained  vacant  until  May  5, 

1856,  when  the  Rev.  Samuel  D.  Alexander  was  installed 

pastor.    In  November,  1869,  the  church  removed  to  a  new 

edifice,    corner   of  Madison    Avenue    and    Seventy-third 

Street,  and  the  name  was  changed  to  the  Phillips  Church. 

On  the  15th  of  April,  1845,  the  Tariffville  Church,  Ct, 

was  received  by  Presbytery,  and  on  the  3d  of  July  the  Rev. 

„_„,„    Giles  Manwarring  was  installed.     The  pastoral 

TAEIFFTILLE.        ,     .  .  ^ 

relation  was  dissolved  on  the  27th  of  October 

following.     On  the  17th  of  March,  1846,  the  Rev.  Robert 

G.  Thompson,  of  the  Presbytery  of  Bedford,  was  installed. 

The  church  and  pastor  were  set  off  to  the  Presbytery  of 

Connecticut  Oct.  15,  1850. 

A  church  in  Hammond  Street  was  organized  June  20, 
1845,  and  received  by  Presbytery  on  the  14th  of  October. 
HAMMOND  On  the  1 6th  of  May,  1847,  the  Rev.  William  E. 
STREET.  Schenck  was  installed  pastor.  Falling  into  pecu- 
niary troubles,  and  the  Presbytery  failing  to  extricate 
them,  the  church  was  disbanded  April  17,  1848. 

On  the  26th  of  October,  1845,  the  University  Place 
Church  was  organized,  and  was  recognized  by  Presbytery 
UNIVERSITT  Nov.   19.      The    Rev.  George    Potts,  who  had 

PLACE  been  released  from  the  Duane  Street  Church, 
was  installed  pastor  on  the  26th  of  November,  where  he 
remained  until  his  death,  Sept.  15,  1864.  Dr.  Potts  was 
succeeded  by  the  Rev.  Alfred  H.  Kellogg,  who  was  in- 
stalled May  3,  1865. 

The  church  at  Yorkville,  N.  Y.,  was  organized  on  the  i6th 

of  April,  1846,  and  was  recognized  by  Presbytery 

on  the  22d.    On  the  8th  of  November,  1848,  the 

Rev.  Joshua  Butts  was  installed  pastor,  where  he  continued 


THE   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW  YORK.  55 

until  Feb.  2,  1852,  when  he  was  released.  He  was  suc- 
ceeded by  Mr.  Eli  C.  Botsford,  a  licentiate  of  the  Presbytery 
of  New  Brunswick,  who  was  ordained  and  installed  Jan.  26, 
1854.  Mr.  Botsford  died  on  the  3 1  st  of  December,  1 860,  and 
was  succeeded  by  his  brother  the  Rev.  Alfred  P.  Botsford, 
who  was  installed  June  9,  1 861 .  On  the  i6th  of  April,  1 867, 
Mr.  Botsford  was  released  from  his  charge ;  and  on  the 
1 8th  of  October  the  Rev.  Samuel  T.  Carter  was  installed. 
Mr.  Carter  was  released  on  the  ist  of  June,  1868. 

This  church  had  been  rent  with  dissension  from  its 
organization,  which  resulted  in  the  formation  of  two  other 
churches,  —  a  Reformed  Dutch  Church,  and  the  Park 
Presbyterian  Church,  organized  by  the  Third  Presbytery  of 
New  York.  On  the  7th  of  February,  1870,  the  Yorkville 
Church  and  the  Park  Church  were  united  under  the  name 
of  the  First  Union  Church. 

A  church  was  organized  at  Astoria,  L.  I.,  on  the  nth 
of  May,  1846,  and  was  received  by  Presbytery  on  the  14th 
of  October.  On  the  28th  of  May,  1847,  the  Rev. 
Frederick  G.  Clark  was  installed,  and  continued 
their  pastor  till  April  5,  1852,  when  the  relation  was  dis- 
solved. The  next  pastor  was  the  Rev.  Benjamin  F.  Stead, 
installed  July  4,  1852.  This  church,  with  its  pastor,  was 
set  off  to  the  Presbytery  of  Nassau  Oct.  16,  1855. 

On  the  1 2th  of  July,  1846,  a  church  was  organized  in 
Forty-second  Street,  and  enrolled  October  13.  This 
POETT-  church  was  gathered  through  the  labors  of  the 
SECOND  Rev.  John  C.  Lowrie,  D.D.,  who  acted  as  their 
STREET,  stated  supply  for  several  years.  On  the  26th  of 
May,  1850,  the  Rev.  Edward  E.  Rankin  was  installed 
pastor.  Mr.  Rankin  remained  until  July  20,  1863,  when 
the  pastoral  relation  was  dissolved.  On  the  28th  of  Octo- 
ber, 1863,  the  Rev.  William  A.  Scott,  of  the  Presbytery  of 
San  Francisco,  was  installed.  Dr.  Scott  was  released  from 
his  charge  April  7,  1870. 

The  Emanuel  Colored  Church  was  organized  July  26, 


56  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK. 

1846,  and   enrolled  on   the  13th  of  October.     In   April, 

1856,  the  name  was  changed  to  the  Seventh 
Avenue  Church.  This  church  never  owned  a 
building,  and  was  continually  in  pecuniary  straits.  It  was 
supplied  for  several  years  by  the  Rev.  Henry  M.  Wilson. 
In  1866  the  name  was  changed  to  "  The  Church  of  the 
Covenant."  After  the  Reunion  the  name  was  again  changed 
to  "  The  Church  of  Hope." 

The  Central  Church  of  Brooklyn  was  organized  April  14, 

1847,  On  the   22d  of  December  the   Rev.  Nathaniel  C. 
CENTRAL,    Lock  was  installed  pastor.     Mr.  Lock  was  re- 

BBOOKLYN.   leased  from  his  charge  Oct.  21,  1850.     On  the 

13th  of  February,  185 1,  the  Rev.  J.  Edson  Rockwell  was 

installed.     The  church  was  set  off  to  the  Presbytery  of 

Nassau  Oct.  15,  1855. 

The  Manhattan  Church  was  organized  Dec.  11,  1846,  and 

received  by  Presbytery  April  20,  1847.     This  church  had 

but  a  brief  existence.    At  a  meeting  of  Presby- 
MANHATTAN.  .  . 

tery  held  April  17,  1849,  information  was  given 

that  it  had  disbanded,  and  its  name  was  erased  from  the  roll. 

The    Madison   Avenue   Church  was   organized  July  9, 

1848,  and  enrolled  on  the  loth  of  October.  On  the  25th 
MADISON  of  October  Mr.  William  Bannard  was  ordained 
AVENUE.  afj(j  installed.  Mr.  Bannard  remained  in  this 
charge  till  Feb.  5,  1863,  when  the  pastoral  relation  was 
dissolved.  On  the  i6th  of  April  the  church  was  disbanded, 
and  their  edifice  was  purchased  and  occupied  by  the 
Rutgers  Street  Church. 

A  church  was  organized  at  Morrisania,  N.  Y.,  on  the 

i6th  of  January,  1850,  and  on  the  13th  of  March  the  Rev. 

Richard  C.  Shimeall  was  installed  pastor.    On 

MOEEISANIA.  ^      .  .  ,.^      „•         tv/t      ct,-  11 

account  of  pecuniary  difficulties,  Mr.  Shimeall 

could  not  be  supported,  and  was  released  from  the  charge 
March  11,  1851.  The  church  soon  after  became  extinct; 
but  on  the  25th  of  May,  1857,  another  church  was  organ- 
ized,   and   was  recognized   by  Presbytery  October    14th. 


THE   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW   YORK.  57 

This  church  also  expired,  and  nothing  further  was  at- 
tempted until  March  19,  1866,  when  a  church  was  organ- 
ized, and  on  the  2d  of  April  it  was  taken  under  the  care  of 
Presbytery.  On  the  loth  of  April  Mr.  Arthur  Potts  was 
ordained  and  installed  pastor.  At  the  Reunion  this  church 
was  set  ofif  to  the  Presbytery  of  Westchester. 

A  church  was  organized  at  Piermont,  N.  Y.,  on  the  i6th 
of  January,  1850,  and  enrolled  on  the  i6th  of  April.     On 

the  nth  of  October,  1852,  the  church  withdrew 
PIEEMONT.    ^  T1       1     .  1  .    J    •.     ,r       •  1       1 

irom  Presbytery,  and  connected  itself  with  the 

Classis  of  Paramus. 

The  Westminster  Church  was  organized  March  24,  1852, 

and   received  by  Presbytery  on   the  20th  of  April,     On 

WEST-       the  28th  of  April  the  Rev.  John  Little  was  in- 

MINSTEE.     stalled  their  pastor.     Mr.  Little  died  Jan.  2,  1855, 

and  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  David  Kennedy,  who  was 

installed  Jan.  9,   1856.     In  October  of  that  year  a  union 

was  consummated  between  this  church  and  the  Associate 

Reformed  Church,  worshipping  in  Twenty-fifth  Street,  of 

which  Dr.  Robert  McCartee  was  pastor,  and  on  the  14th 

of  that  month  Mr.  Kennedy  resigned  his  charge  in  order 

that  Dr.  McCartee  might  become  the  pastor  of  the  united 

church.     Dr.  McCartee  was  installed  Nov.  23,  1856.     On 

the  23d  of  October,  1862,  he  was  released  from  his  charge, 

and  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  Chauncey  D.  Murray,  who 

was  installed  Jan.  24,  1864.     Mr.  Murray  remained  a  little 

more  than  a  year,  the  pastoral    relation  being  dissolved 

Feb.  14,  1865.     On  the  22d  of  October,    1866,  the  Rev. 

George   D.  Archibald,  from  the   Presbytery  of  Madison, 

was  installed.     Dr.  Archibald  remained  until  July  9,  1868, 

when  he  was  released.     On  the  7th  of  February,  1 869,  the 

Rev.  George  M.  McEckron  was  installed  pastor. 

On  the  19th  of  October,  1852,  the  Williamsburgh  Scotch 

WHLIAMSBURQH  Church   was   received   by  the    Presbytery, 

SCOTCH.         and  on  the  i6th  of  October  it  was  set  off 

to  the  Presbytery  of  Nassau. 


58  THE   PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK. 

A  German  Church  worshipping  in  Madison  Street  was 
received  from  the  South  Classis  of  New  York,  Dec.  6, 1852. 
MADISON  ^^^^  Rev.  Frederick  Steins  suppHed  this  church 
STREET  from  the  time  of  its  reception  until  his  death, 
GERMAN.  Aug.  30,  1867.  On  the  17th  of  October  Mr. 
Bartolomio   Kriisi  was   ordained  and   installed   pastor. 

On  the  20th  of  June,  1853,  the  First  Associate  Presby- 
terian Church  of  New  York,  with  its  pastor,  the  Rev.  John 

GRAND  Thomson,  was  received  by  Presbytery,  the  name 
STREET,  being  changed  to  "  The  Grand  Street  Church," 
they  having  purchased  the  property  of  the  Scotch  Church 
in  Grand  Street,  that  church  having  removed  to  Fourteenth 
Street.  On  the  27th  of  February,  1861,  Dr.  Thomson  was 
released  from  his  charge,  and  on  the  20th  of  April,  1862, 
the  Rev.  Samuel  R.  Wilson,  D.D.,  of  the  Presbytery  of 
Cincinnati,  was  installed  pastor.  Troubles  in  the  church 
led  to  the  resignation  of  Dr.  Wilson  Feb.  16,  1863.  The 
Rev.  John  Thomson,  their  former  pastor,  was  recalled  and 
installed  May  15,  1864. 

WILLIAMSBURGH       The  German  Evangelical  Church  of  Wil- 
GERMAN         liamsburgh  was  received  by  Presbytery  Oct. 
EYANGELICAL.     27,  1853.     On  the  i6th  of  October,  1855,  it 
was  set  off  to  the  Presbytery  of  Nassau. 

The  Presbyterian  Church  of  Bridgeport,  Ct,  was  taken 
under  the    care   of  Presbytery,    and   the   Rev.  Nathaniel 

_       Hewet  installed  Oct.  31,  1853.     On  the  i6th  of 

BRIDGEPORT.     ..,„,,         ,  , 

April,  1 86 1,  the  church  and  pastor  were  trans- 
ferred to  the  Presbytery  of  Connecticut. 

The  Eighty- fourth  Street  Church  was  organized  Feb.  19, 
1854,  and  received  by  Presbytery  April  18.  On  the  25th 
EIGHTY-  ^^  June  the  Rev.  Isaac  S.  Davison  was  installed 
FOURTH  pastor.  The  pastoral  relation  was  dissolved  Oct. 
STREET.  j2,  1858.  On  the  23d  of  April,  1862,  Mr.  Lewis 
C.  Bayles  was  ordained  and  installed.  Mr.  Bayles  died  on 
the  nth  of  August,  1864,  and  was  succeeded  by  Mr. 
Francis  L.   Patton,  who  was  ordained  and  installed  May 


THE   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW   YORK.  59 

22,  1865.  Mr.  Patton  was  released  Nov.  11,  1867,  having 
accepted  a  call  to  Nyack,  N.  Y. 

The  Ainslee  Street  Church,  WilHamsburgh,  was  organ- 

AINSLEE  '^^"^  ^^^'  "^'  ^^54'  ^^^  received  by  Pres- 

STREET,  bytery  on  the    30th  of  October.      On  the 

WHLIAMSBURGH.  ^^^  of  November  Mr.  Casper  W.  Hodge 
was  ordained  and  installed  pastor.  On  the  i6th  of  Octo- 
ber, 1855,  the  church  and  pastor  were  set  off  to  the  Pres- 
bytery of  Nassau. 

The  Fiftieth  Street  Tabernacle  was  organized  Jan.  24, 

1855,  and  enrolled  Feb.   12.     On  the  nth  of  November, 

FIFTIETH  ^^55'  the  Rev.  Gardiner  Spring  Plumley  was 

STREET  ordained  and  installed.     In  1856  the  name 

TABERNACLE.  ^f  ^i^^  church  was  changed  to  "  The  Bloom- 
ingdale  Church."  The  pastoral  relation  with  Mr.  Plumley 
was  dissolved  Oct.  26,  1857.  The  church  was  soon  after 
disbanded,  having  been  in  trouble  from  its  origin. 

The  church  at  Throg's  Neck  was  organized  July  8,  1855, 
and  received  by  Presbytery  October  9.  On  the  5th  of 
THROG'S  June,  1856,  the  Rev.  James  Beattie,  of  the  Re- 
NECK.  formed  Dutch  Classis  of  Westchester,  was  in- 
stalled. On  the  8th  of  October,  1861,  the  pastoral  relation 
was  dissolved.  On  the  30th  of  October,  1862,  the  Rev. 
A.  D.  L.  Jewett,  from  the  Classis  of  Paramus,  was  installed. 
Mr.  Jewett  continued  in  charge  till  April  14,  1868,  when 
he  was  released  from  his  charge.  On  the  17th  of  June 
the  Rev.  Robert  A.  Davison  was  installed  pastor.  This 
church  was  set  off  to  the  Presbytery  of  Westchester  at  the 
Reunion. 

The  church  at  North  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.,  which  had  been 
organized  Aug.  5,  1855,  was  received  by  Presbytery  March 

NORTH  1 7'  1856.  On  the  loth  of  June,  1857,  Mr. 
HAVERSTRAW.  David  Edgar  was  ordained  and  installed  pastor. 
Mr.  Edgar  v/as  released  from  his  charge  April  7,  1858. 
On  the  2d  of  November,  1859,  the  Rev.  Frederick  La  Rue 
King  was  installed.     On  account  of  continued  ill  health, 


60  THE   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW   YORK. 

Mr.  King  was  released  Oct.  9,  1866.  He  was  succeeded 
by  the  Rev,  James  McMahon,  who  was  installed  Jan.  26, 
1867.  This  church  at  the  Reunion  was  set  off  to  the 
Presbytery  of  Hudson, 

The  church  of  Rockland  Lake  (afterwards  called  Wald- 
berg),  which  had  been  transferred  from  the  Presbytery  of 
EOCKLAND    Hudson,  v.-as  recognized  Nov,  25,  1858,  and  on 

LAKE.  the  same  day  Mr,  James  S,  King  was  ordained 
and  installed.  The  pastoral  relation  was  dissolved  Oct.  19, 
i860,  on  account  of  Mr.  King's  ill  health.  On  the  25th  of 
October,  i86i,the  Rev,  Archibald  S.  Stewart  was  installed. 
On  the  6th  of  June,  1870,  the  pastoral  relation  was  dis- 
solved. At  the  Reunion  this  church  was  included  in  the 
Presbytery  of  Hudson, 

On  the  27th  of  December,  1858,  the  West  Twenty-third 

WEST  Street  Church  and  pastor,  the  Rev,  Freder- 

TWENTY-THIED  ick  G,  Clark,  were  received  from  the  Fourth 

STREET.         Presbytery  of  New   York,     Mr,   Clark   was 

released  April  24,  1867.     On  the  i8th  of  February,  1868, 

the  Rev,  Henry  D.  Northrop  was  installed  pastor. 

On  the  9th  of  February,  1859,  the  Twenty-eighth  Street 
Associate  Reformed  Presbyterian  Church  was  received, 
TWENTY-EIGHTH  with  its  pastor,  the  Rev,  Alexander  Clem- 
STREET.  ents.     The  pastoral  relation  was  dissolved 

Jan,  20,  1862,  On  the  25th  of  June,  1863,  the  Rev,  Sam- 
uel F,  Farmer  was  installed,  and  on  the  14th  of  June, 
1864,  he  was  released.  The  church  soon  afterwards  with- 
drew from  Presbytery, 

The  Third  Church  of  Jersey  City  was  organized  in  May, 
1859,  and  received  by  Presbytery  on  the  lOth  of  October. 

JERSEY  On  the  25th  of  October  the  Rev,  James  Gubby 
CITY,  THIRD,  ^yas  installed.  Difficulties  arising  in  the  church, 
Mr,  Gubby  was  released  June  24,  1861.  On  the  15  th  of 
April,  1862,  the  church  was  dissolved. 

The  church  at  Clifton,  S.  I.,  was  received  from  the  Third 
Presbytery  of  New  York  Feb.  13,  i860,  and  on  the  22d 


THE   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW  YORK.  6 1 

Mr.  William  H.  Taylor  was  ordained  and  installed.     Mr. 
Taylor,    having    accepted    a    chaplaincy    in    the 

CLIPTON.  ,  J     T  O^  TT 

army,  was  released  June  14,  1864.  He  was  suc- 
ceeded by  the  Rev.  David  R.  Fraser,  who  was  installed 
April  19,  1866,  and  was  released  from  his  charge  Oct.  9, 
1867.  In  June,  1868,  the  name  of  the  church  was  changed 
to  "  The  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Edgewater."  At 
the  Reunion  this  church  was  set  off  to  the  Presbytery  of 
Brooklyn. 

On  the  26th  of  April,  i860,  the  North  West  Presbyterian 
Church,  which  had  been  organized  by  the  Third  Presbytery 

„    „,         of  New  York,  with  their  pastor,  the  Rev.  Lu- 

NOKTH  WEST.  . 

ther  H.  Van  Doren,  were  received.     Mr.  Van 

Doren  was  released  from  the  charge  April  16,  1861.     On 

the  30th  of  October,  the  Rev.  Hubbard  Winslow,  D.D.,  was 

installed.     On  the  23d  of  October,  1862,  on  account  of  the 

disorganized  state  of  the  church,  Dr.  Winslow  was  released 

and  the  church  dissolved. 

A  German  church  was  organized  at  Clarkstown,  Rock- 
land County,  Oct.  30,  i860.  The  Rev.  Jacob  Wahren- 
CLARKSTOWN  Merger  was  installed   pastor,  but  there  is  no 

GERMAN.  record  of  the  time.  On  the  20th  of  November, 
1865,  the  pastoral  relation  was  dissolved.  On  the  loth  of 
June,  1868,  the  Rev.  Charles  D.  Rosenthal  was  installed 
pastor.  At  the  Reunion  this  church  was  set  off  to  the 
Presbytery  of  Hudson. 

The  Synod  of  New  York,  at  its  meeting  in  1863,  set  off 
the  Scotch  Presbyterian  Church  of  Jersey  City  to  this 
JERSEY  CITY  Presbytery,  and  on  the  26th  of  December  the 
SCOTCH.  Rev.  James  Harkness  was  installed  pastor.     At 

the  Reunion  this  church  was  set  off  to  the  Presbytery  of 
Jersey  City. 

The  Palisades  Church,  N.  Y.,  was  organized  Oct.  14, 
1863,  and  received  October  21st,  and  oii  the  same 
day  Mr.  Joseph  Greenleaf  was  ordained  and  in- 
stalled.    Mr.  Greenleaf  was  released  April  2,   1866.     On 


62  THE   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW   YORK. 

the  23d  of  October  the  Rev.  John  K.  Demarest  was  in- 
stalled. Mr.  Demarest  resigned  Feb.  7,  1870.  The  church 
was  set  off  to  the  Presbytery  of  Jersey  City. 

On  the  loth  of  November,  1863,  a  number  of  persons 
who  had  been  worshipping  in  a  hall  in  Fortieth  Street  were 
FORTIETH  organized  as  a  church,  and  on  the  23d  were  rec- 
STREET.  ognized  by  Presbytery.  On  the  6th  of  December 
Mr.  Charles  E.  Hart  was  ordained  and  installed  pastor.  Mr. 
Hart  was  released  May  7,  1866,  and  was  succeeded  by  the 
Rev,  John  E.  Annan,  who  was  installed  December  30.  On 
the  1 2th  of  April,  1867,  on  account  of  failing  health,  Mr. 
Annan  resigned  his  charge.  On  the  i8th  of  April,  1870, 
the  church  was  united  with  the  Ebenezer  Church,  which 
had  been  received  from  the  Reformed  Presbytery  of  New 
York  Oct.  17,  1867.  The  name  given  to  the  united  church 
was  the  Murray  Hill  Church.  The  Rev.  George  S.  Cham- 
bers, pastor  of  the  Ebenezer  Church,  was  installed  pastor 
June  24,  1870. 

In  March,  1865,  a  mission  of  the  church  at  the  corner  of 
Nineteenth   Street   and    Fifth   Avenue   was    organized    in 

Seventh  Avenue  as  the  Alexander  Church,  and 
ALEXANDER. 

was  recognized  by  Presbytery.     On  the  7th  of 

May  the  Rev.  Morse  Rowell  was  installed  pastor.     On  the 

lOth  of  March,  1869,  the  pastoral  relation  was   dissolved, 

Mr,  Rowell  accepting  a  call  to  the  Chelsea  Church.     On 

the  14th  of  June  the  Rev.  David  M.  Maclise  was  installed 

pastor. 

On  the  24th  of  January,  1865,  the  Church  of  Sea  and 

Land,  which  had  been  organized  by  the  direction  of  Pres- 

SEA  AND     bytery  was  enrolled.     On  the  2d  of  February  the 

LAND.       Rev,  Alexander  McGlashon  was  installed  the  first 

pastor.     On  the  nth  of  June,  1866,  the  pastoral  relation 

was  dissolved.     In  October,  1867.  the  Rev.  John  Lyle  was 

installed.     On  the  21st  of  December  Mr.  Lyle  was  released 

from  his  charge  and  suspended  from  the  ministry.     On  the 

27th  of  June,  1869,  the  Rev.  Edward  Hopper  was  installed. 


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As  early  as  April,  1824,  the  attention  of  Presbytery  was 
directed  to  Florida  as  a  needy  mission  field,  there  not 
ST.  AUGUSTINE,  being  a  Protestant  church  in  the  whole  Ter- 

PLORIDA,  ritory.  There  is  nothing  further  in  reference 
to  this  matter  in  the  Records  until  Aug.  5,  1867,  when  the 
St.  Augustine  Church  is  received  by  direction  of  the 
General  Assembly. 

I  have  thus  traced  the  history  of  all  the  churches  and 
their  pastors,  as  far  as  presbyterial  action  is  concerned ;  but 
to  finish  this  part  of  the  subject  I  would  state,  that  during 
the  existence  of  the  Presbytery,  —  that  is,  between  18 10 
and  1870,  —  two  hundred  and  forty-two  young  men  were 
licensed  and  thirty-six  licentiates  received  from  other  bodies. 
Of  these,  one  hundred  and  eighty-one  were  dismissed  as 
licentiates  to  other  bodies ;  sixty-three  were  ordained 
either  as  pastors  or  sine  tititlo.  During  this  period 
Presbytery  installed  within  their  own  bounds  ninety-one 
pastors. 

Of  the  eighty-two  churches  noticed  above,  twenty  still 
exist  within  the  bounds  of  the  Presbytery,  twenty  were 
dissolved,  and  forty-two  were  set  off  to  other  Presbyteries 
or  withdrew  from  Presbytery.  Of  the  original  churches 
under  the  care  of  the  old  Presbytery,  all  are  in  existence : 
viz.,  within  our  own  bounds  the  Wall  St.  Church  (now  the 
First),  the  Brick  Church,  the  Rutgers  St.  Church  (now 
the  Rutgers),  the  Orange  St.  Church  (now  Canal  St.), 
the  Cedar  St.  Church  (now  the  Fifth  Avenue) ;  and 
outside  our  present  bounds,  the  Jamaica,  Newtown,  and 
Hempstead  Churches. 

We  proceed  now  to  the  second  point  proposed,  which 
will  require  but  brief  notice, —  Proceedings  of  Presby- 
tery in  reference  to  the  education  of  candidates  for  the 
ministry. 

THEOLOGICAL      The  education  of  pious  young  men  to  fill  up 
SCHOOLS.       ti^e   ranks   of  the  ministry,  was  a  subject  of 


64         THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK. 

serious  concern  to  the  Presbytery  before  its  reorganization, 
and  it  was  one  of  the  first  subjects  which  came  before  the 
newly  organized  Presbytery.  At  the  first  meeting  an 
overture  sent  down  from  the  General  Assembly  in  refer- 
ence to  theological  schools  was  considered.  In  this  over- 
ture three  plans  were  laid  before  the  Presbyteries,  one  of 
which  was  to  be  adopted.  The  questions  proposed  were, 
1st,  Shall  there  be  one  Theological  Seminary  for  the  whole 
church?  or,  2d,  Shall  there  be  two  such  schools  at  such 
convenient  points  as  may  be  selected?  or,  3d,  Shall  there 
be  a  school  established  within  the  bounds  of  each  synod? 
After  mature  deliberation.  Presbytery  decided  there  should 
be  one  great  school ;  and  the  reasons  they  advanced  in 
support  of  this  decision,  although  conclusive  at  the  time 
and  under  the  circumstances  then  existing,  could  by  no 
means  apply  in  the  present  and  enlarged  state  of  the 
church.  This  plan  was  adopted  by  the  church,  and  the 
Seminary  at  Princeton  was  the  result. 

At  this  same  meeting,  by  direction  of  the  General 
Assembly,  a  standing  committee  was  appointed,  of  which 
Dr.  Miller  was  chairman,  who  were  empowered  to  examine, 
select,  and  receive  such  poor  and  pious  youth  as  desired 
to  obtain  an  education  with  a  view  to  the  gospel  ministry: 
they  Avere  also  empowered  to  conduct  the  education  of 
such  young  men  as  they  might  select,  examining  them  at 
their  pleasure,  inspecting  their  conduct,  and  supervising 
their  studies  at  every  stage  of  their  literary  or  theological 
course.  Their  support  was  to  be  drawn  from  funds  pro- 
vided for  that  purpose.  These  funds  were  principally 
derived  from  collections  in  the  churches,  although  there 
were  other  sources  from  which  a  small  income  was  re- 
ceived. As  early  as  1805  a  society  was  founded,  called 
"  The  Society  for  the  Education  of  Poor  and  Pious  Youth 
for  the  Gospel  Ministry."  This  society,  which  still  exists,  is 
composed  for  the  most  part  of  members  of  this  Presbytery 
and  of  churches  under  its  care.     An  article  of  the  consti- 


THE   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW  YORK.  65 

tution  requires  that  its  beneficiaries  shall  be  members  of 
churches  under  its  care,  and  candidates  under  the  care  of 
Presbytery.  For  many  years  the  interest  of  the  fund  in 
their  possession  has  been  quietly  applied  to  this  object, 
and  some  of  the  most  prominent  ministers  in  the  church 
have  been  aided  by  it  in  their  education. 

As  now,  so  then  the  women  of  the  church  were  foremost 
in  this  good  work,  and  the  thanks  of  Presbytery  were  given 
PEMALE  to  the  "  Female  Union  Society,"  an  early  organi- 
SOCIETIES.  zation,  for  their  liberal  contributions  to  this  ob- 
ject. In  1 8 14  this  subject  was  especially  prominent, 
stimulated  by  the  establishment  of  the  Theological  Semi- 
nary at  Princeton,  where  candidates  were  gathered  from 
all  parts  of  the  church,  many  of  whom  were  in  needy  cir- 
cumstances; so  that  in  this  year  (1814)  there  were  no  less 
than  three  societies  of  women  working  for  this  object  in 
the  city  of  New  York.  The  Presbytery  also,  by  resolution, 
encouraged  the  establishment  of  "  Cent  Societies  "  as  they 
were  called,  which  brought  in  quite  a  revenue  to  their 
education  fund. 

The  founding  of  general  education  societies  relieved  the 
Presbytery  in  a  measure  from  the  details  of  the  work ;   but 

CAPi.E  OP  they  still  felt  their  responsibility  to  the  young 
CANDIDATES,  j^gj^  under  their  care,  and  in  October,  1828, 
we  find  them  resolving  "  that  it  shall  be  a  duty  of  the  mem- 
bers of  Presbytery,  individually,  to  cultivate  a  particular 
acquaintance  with  the  character,  habits,  and  improvement, 
of  the  candidates  whom  they  introduce,  during  their  pre- 
paratory course." 

In  1 83 1  the  Presbytery  refused  to  license  any  person 
under  their  care  before  he  had  completed  the  full  course 
in  the  Seminary  to  which  he  belonged,  unless  in  very  pecu- 
liar circumstances.  They  determined  also  to  call  the 
students  under  their  care  to  an  annual  examination  on 
those  studies  which  they  had  pursued  during  the  year. 
This  attention  to  the  education  and  character  of  candidates 

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THE   PRESBYTERY   OF   NEW   YORK. 


for  the  ministry  has  characterized  the  action  of  Presbytery 
during  its  whole  existence. 


The  next  point  to  be  considered  is  the  missionary  opera- 
tions of  Presbytery  within  its  own  bounds,  embracing  the 
various  schemes  of  church  extension  proposed. 

Soon  after  its  organization  Presbytery  reported  to  the 
General  Assembly  that  there  was  a  large  tract  of  country  in 
DESTITUTE  Westchester  County  in  great  need  of  missionary 

HELD,  labor;  that  with  attention  two  or  three  respecta- 
ble congregations  might  be  gathered,  each  capable  of  sup- 
porting a  pastor,  and  that  although  this  district  was  within 
their  bounds,  they  found  it  impossible  on  account  of  the 
paucity  of  ministers  to  enter  upon  the  work.  They  ask 
the  Assembly  to  furnish  them  with  the  men. 

In  April,  1822,  a  committee  appointed  to  examine  the 

destitutions  in  the  Presbytery  reported  that  within  a  circle 

COMMITTEE  ^nibracing  the  city   and   county  of  New  York, 

TO  the  west  end  of  Long  Island,  and  the  res^ion  of 

EXAMINE  .  . 

country  lying  between  the  Hudson    River  and 

the   State  of  Connecticut  not  within  the  bounds  of  any 

other  Presbytery,  there  were  at  least  from  fifty  to  seventy 

thousand  souls  who  were  not  connected  with  any  Christian 

denomination.     In  view  of  this  great  destitution  Presbytery 

established  "  The  Presbyterian  Society,"  whose  object  was 

to  supply  this  region  lying  within  the  bounds  of  Presbytery 

with  the  means  of  grace.     This  society  went  vigorously  to 

work,  and  on  the   i6th  of  April,   1823,  reported  that  the 

whole  field  had  been  districted  and  assigned  to  different 

churches  to  explore,  and  that  auxiliaries  had  been  formed 

in  most  of  the  congregations. 

They  recommended  three  points  of  great  promise  which 

should  be  immediately  occupied,  namely,  in  the  Bowery 

POINTS  TO  BE  near  its  junction  with  Broadway;   in   Hudson 

OCCUPIED.     St.  or  its  vicinity ;   and  in  Westchester  County, 

comprising  the  towns  of  Rye  and  White  Plains.     This  led 


THE   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW   YORK.  6/ 

to  the  organization  of  churches  at  all  these  points.  This 
was  perhaps  the  first  organized  Presbyterial  efifort  at  church 
extension  in  the  city.  The  work  had  previously  been 
done  by  individual  missionaries,  or  through  the  Union 
Female  Missionary  Society. 

The  Presbyterian  Missionary  Society,  or  a  committee 
which  grew  out  of  it,  continued  its  work  in  caring  for 
TOTING  MEN'S  f'S^ble  churches  and  missions  until  1834,  when 
MISSIONARY    it  was  superseded  by  the  "  Young  Men's  Mis- 

SOCIETT.  sionary  Society,"  the  members  of  which  were 
appointed  conjointly  by  this  and  the  Second  Presbytery  of 
New  York.  How  long  this  society  continued  to  act  is 
uncertain. 

In  October,  1846,  Presbytery  appointed  a  committee  to 
prepare  a  plan  for  accomplishing  the  object  of  church 
CHURCH  extension.  This  committee  reported  a  plan  at  the 
EXTENSION  next  meeting  which  was  adopted.  This  scheme 
PROPOSED,  embraced  a  committee  whose  functions  were,  — 
I.  The  collection  and  expenditure  of  money  for  the 
erection  of  churches  and  the  support  of  ministers  in  des- 
titute parts  of  the  city. 

2.  They  were  to  report  to  Presbytery  the  most  im- 
portant locations  for  the  establishment  of  churches  and 
missions. 

In  April,  1847,  this  committee  was  made  auxiliary  to  the 
Board  of  Home  Missions,  but  with  the  understanding  that 
all  moneys  specifically  contributed  to  the  work 
of  church  extension  and  the  support  of  mission- 
aries in  the  city  and  vicinity  were  to  be  appropriated  and 
expended  under  the  direction  of  the  committee.  In  April, 
1848,  the  committee  reported  that  no  money  had  been  con- 
tributed during  the  year  to  the  object  they  had  in  hand, 
and  that  their  treasury  was  overdrawn.  In  view  of  this 
condition  of  things,  and  at  their  request,  the  committee 
was  dissolved. 

Discouraged  by  this  attempt,  no  further  movement  was 


68  THE   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW  YORK. 

made  until  September,  1854,  when  a  committee,  which  had 
A  SECOND  been  previously  appointed,  submitted  a  new  plan, 
PLAN.  and  recommended  the  adoption  of  the  following 
principles  of  action,  leaving  it  to  the  committee  to  be 
formed  to  adopt  the  proper  details :  — 

1.  That  each  church  shall  adopt  such  methods  of  rais- 
ing funds  as  may  seem  to  them  most  efficient. 

2.  That  each  church  be  recommended  to  appoint  a 
committee  of  two  of  its  most  active  and  judicious  members, 
to  be  called  the  church  extension  committee  of  that  par- 
ticular church. 

3.  That  the  several  sub-committees  be  called  together 
at  a  convenient  time,  to  be  afterwards  stated,  and  shall  thus 
form  a  general  committee,  to  be  called  "  The  Presbyterial 
Church  Extension  Committee." 

4.  That  the  Presbytery  shall  appoint  two  ministers  and 
two  elders  who  shall  be  ex  officio  a  part  of  the  last-named 
body. 

5.  That  they  shall  report  proceedings  at  the  semi- 
annual meetings  of  Presbytery. 

6.  That  Presbytery  appoint,  with  a  salary  not  exceed- 
ing   dollars,  a  secretary,  who  shall  superintend  the 

carrying  out  of  the  preceding  principles  and  take  general 
charge  of  the  subject. 

This  plan,  which  seemed  to  promise  success,  was  dis- 
cussed at  a  meeting  of  Presbytery  appointed  for  the  pur- 
ANOTHER  pose,  in  December,  1854,  and  was  then  postponed 
PAILURE.  till  the  next  stated  meeting ;  and  that  was  the  end 
of  the  whole  matter,  no  further  action  being  taken. 

The  Presbytery  slumbered  over  the  matter  till  October, 
1859,  when  it  was  again  introduced,  and  a  committee  of 

A  NEW  five  elders  was  appointed  to  supervise  the  mis- 
COMMITTEE,  gJQi^  churches  in  the  city,  and  report  at  any 
time  what  new  church  enterprises  were  feasible.  This 
committee  faithfully  performed  its  duty,  but  was  com- 
pelled   to    confine    itself    to    the    supervision    of    feeble 


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churches,  being  crippled  as  former  committees  had  been, 
from  the  failure  of  the  churches  to  furnish  the  necessary- 
pecuniary  aid. 

The  next  project  for  church  extension  was  'introduced 
into  Presbytery  and  adopted  on  the  17th  of  May,  1864. 
BUREAU  "  "^  Bureau  of  City  Missions  "  was  constituted, 
OF  CITY  consisting  of  six  ministers  and  twenty  laymen, 
MISSIONS.  ^|-jg  object  being  to  establish  mission  schools  and 
mission  churches  in  the  city  of  New  York  and  its  immediate 
vicinity,  within  the  bounds  of  the  Presbytery.  Presbytery 
adopted  this  plan,  which  it  is  not  necessary  to  exhibit  in 
full,  with  some  enthusiasm,  but  it  proved  so  cumbersome 
that  it  never  went  into  active  operation. 

The  matter  rested  so  until  April,  1867,  when  a  committee 
A  PINAL     previously  appointed   reported   a   new  and   last 
PLAN.       plan,  to   supersede   the   "  Bureau."      This   plan 
consisted  — 

1.  In  the  dissolution  of  the  bureau  of  city  missions. 

2.  That  instead  thereof  a  committee  of  two  ministers 
and  five  laymen  be  appointed,  to  whom  the  whole  business 
of  church  extension  within  the  bounds  of  the  Presbytery 
and  of  the  mission  churches  now  under  the  care  of  Presby- 
tery be  committed. 

3.  That  the  title  of  this  committee  be  "  The  Committee 
of  Church  Extension,  Improvement,  and  Sustentation  with- 
in the  Bounds  of  the  Presbytery  of  New  York." 

4.  That  the  special  aim  of  this  committee  shall  be 
the  extension  of  our  branch  of  the  church  at  all  suit- 
able points  within  the  city  of  New  York  and  its  immediate 
vicinity, 

5.  That  this  committee  make  a  report  of  its  transactions 
at  the  spring  and  fall  meetings  of  the  Presbytery. 

6.  A  corresponding  secretary  shall  be  appointed  to  take 
the  oversight  of  the  whole  work. 

This  plan  was  adopted,  and  the  committee  were  given 
full   powers   to    carry  out   the  objects  of  their   appoint- 


yO  THE   PRESBYTERY   OF   NEW  YORK. 

ment.  They  were  also  empowered  to  enact  such  by-laws 
as  would  best  promote  the  efficiency  and  success  of  the 
work. 

This  committee  on  entering  upon  their  work  addressed 

a  letter  to  the  churches,  which  was  adopted  by  Presbytery, 

and  forms  an  important  part  of  the  history  of 

COMMITTEE  church  extension  in  the  city.     This  paper  says, 

TO  THE  "  The  spiritual  necessities  of  the  rapidly  growing 
population  within  the  city,  and  the  absolute  need 
of  forestalling  them  by  appropriate  provision  in  the  way  of 
church  accommodation  are  so  apparent  that  all  Christian 
men  may  perceive  the  urgency  of  the  case,  and  almost  all 
Christian  denominations  are  anxiously  inquiring  how  to 
meet  the  demand.  The  Presbytery  of  New  York  have 
never  indeed  been  insensible  to  these  wants,  nor  altogether 
inactive  in  seeking  to  supply  them.  But  after  some  years 
of  comparatively  inefficient  effort,  the  Presbytery  has  been 
again  and  again  compelled  to  acknowledge,  with  concern, 
that  these  plans  have  only  in  a  very  restricted  degree  met 
the  pressing  wants  of  the  case ;  and  the  reasons  of  this 
have  not  been  hard  to  find.  One  reason  has  been  the 
difficulty  among  such  variety  of  views  in  framing  a  plan 
which  would  ensure  the  entire  concert  and  co-operation 
in  all  our  churches.  Another  was  the  very  large  sums 
needed  to  carry  on  the  work  in  a  satisfactory  manner.  A 
third  was  the  objection  urged  by  some  against  undertaking 
anything  at  all,  distinct  from  the  work  of  church  extension 
adopted  by  the  Assembly.  These  and  several  other  hin- 
drances that  might  be  mentioned  have  stood  in  the  way 
in  all  past  efforts,  and  have  indeed  restricted  within  very 
narrow  bounds  the  good  accomplished  by  the  plans  already 
set  on  foot  by  Presbytery.  Even  what  has  been  done, 
therefore,  has  been  done  at  great  disadvantage.  Not,  in- 
deed, that  nothing  suitable  and  permanent  has  been  ef- 
fected; on  the  contrary,  the  substantial  fruits  of  the  past 
liberality  of  many  in  our  congregations  are  seen   in  the 


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permanent  establishment  of  several  enterprises  which  had 
been  crippled  for  want  of  funds. 

"  But  on  the  other  hand  enterprises  quite  as  promising 
have  continued  a  precarious  existence,  simply  for  the  lack 
of  ready  and  sufficient  aid.  And  again,  auspicious  begin- 
nings have  been  suffered  to  decline  altogether,  to  the  waste 
of  the  feeble  sums  which  were  actually  applied  to  them, 
simply  for  the  lack  of  more  ample  support. 

"  Above  all,  favorable  opportunities  for  advance  are 
allowed  to  slip  by.  No  advantage  is  taken  of  new  and 
favored  points  where  the  population  is  rapidly  increasing, 
and  where  the  prospect  holds  out  strong  inducements  to 
take  preliminary  steps  in  the  purchase  of  suitable  church 
sites,  and  in  the  establishment  of  temporary  preaching 
stations  in  anticipation  of  a  speedy  demand  for  the  exist- 
ence of  thriving  Presbyterian  churches.  From  all  such 
inviting  spots  toward  which  Christian  enterprise  naturally 
turns  with  desire,  Presbytery  has  been  obliged  to  turn 
away  for  the  want  of  some  fixed  system  of  operation," 

This  committee  entered  upon  their  work  with  energy, 
and  up  to  the  time  of  the  Reunion  had  accomplished  more 
than  any  previous  effort  in  the  work  of  church  extension. 
And  this  work  was  greatly  strengthened  by  an  act  passed 
by  the  Legislature  of  New  York  March  30,  1867,  incorpo- 
rating the  trustees  of  the  Presbytery,  thus  securing  much 
property  that  came  into  their  hands. 

The  fourth  point  to  be  considered  is,  the  action  of 
Presbytery  in  relation  to  the  division  and  the  reunion 
of  the  church. 

I  do  not  intend  to  make  comments  or  draw  conclusions 
from  the  action  of  Presbytery  during  these  great  crises  of 
ORGANIZATION  ^^^    church,    but   simply  narrate    the    action 

OF  THIRD  of  Presbytery.  The  first  movement  which 
PRESBYTERY,  seemed  to  separate  brethren  was  the  erection 
of  the  Third  Presbytery  of  New  York,  which  was  done  on 


72         THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK. 

the  principle  of"  elective  affinity."  At  the  meeting  of  the 
Synod  of  New  York  held  in  October,  1830,  eight  members 
of  the  Presbytery  of  New  York  requested  to  be  erected 
into  a  new  Presbytery.  This  was  accordingly  done,  and 
the  Third  Presbytery  of  New  York  was  constituted,  consist- 
ing of  the  following  churches  and  ministers :  the  Laight 
Street  Church  and  its  pastor,  Samuel  H.  Cox,  D.D. ;  the 
Spring  Street  Church  and  Henry  C.  Ludlow,  its  pastor;  the 
Central  Church  and  its  pastor,  William  Patton,  D.  D. ; 
the  Allen  Street  Church  and  Henry  White,  its  pastor; 
the  Seventh  Church  and  Elihu  W.  Baldwin,  its  pastor;  the 
Bowery  Church  and  John  Woodbridge,  its  pastor;  the 
Bleecker  Street  Church  and  Erskine  Mason,  its  pastor;  and 
the  North  Church  and  Joseph  D.  Wickham,  its  pastor; 
the  First  Free  Church,  with  Joel  Parker,  its  pastor,  together 
with  Absalom  Peters,  George  W.  Perkins,  Baker  Johnson, 
John  A,  Murray,  and  Henry  A.  Rowland;  and  the  Montreal 
and  Union  churches. 

By  the  erection  of  this  Presbytery  the  two  parties  in  the 
Presbytery  which  were  beginning  to  crystallize  were  sepa- 
rated from  each  other.  There  was  no  further  movement  in 
the  Presbytery  on  the  subjects  which  were  beginning  to 
agitate  the  church  until  the  4th  of  December,  1834,  when 
they  adopted  a  pastoral  letter,  which  they  recommend  to 
be  read  in  all  the  churches.  In  this  letter  attention  is 
called  to  the  perils  which  environ  the  church  at  large, 
in  an  apparent  determination  to  break  away  from  its  ac- 
cepted forrtis  of  thought  and  action,  and  to  enter  upon 
new  and  dangerous  experiments.  But  especially  among 
the  churches  of  the  Presbytery  the  apprehended  danger 
was  stated  to  be  "  an  alarming  indifference  to  some  of 
those  vital  truths  of  Christianity  contained  in  our  formu- 
laries, and  the  consequent  decline  of  living  piety  in  our 
churches,  —  in  the  loss  of  first  love,  and  in  the  absence  of 
holy  example  and  a  spirit  of  importunate  prayer  among 
our  members." 


THE   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW  YORK.  73 

It  especially  urges  the  people  to  become  well  acquainted 
with  the  standards  of  doctrine  and  discipline,  in  view  of  the 
growing  inattention  to  them,  and  the  ignorance  of  them  in 
many  who  had  in  the  recent  revivals  been  brought  into  the 
church. 

It  beseeches  the  people  not  to  regard  the  Confession  of 
Faith  as  the  relics  of  a  dark  age,  or  as  useless  and  antique. 
It  holds  up  that  Confession  of  Faith  as  containing  the  sys- 
tem of  truth  taught  in  the  Holy  Scriptures,  and  therefore 
is  the  only  bond  of  our  denominational  union.  The  letter 
also  calls  attention  to  some  of  the  errors  in  doctrine  with 
their  affiliated  irregularities  in  practice  which  were  rife,  and 
presents  eight  errors  in  doctrine  which  were  beginning  to 
arise  in  the  church,  which  are  declared  to  be  at  variance 
with  the  standards. 

It  calls  attention  also  to  "  a  system  of  extravagant  and 
fanatical  measures  "  which  were  found  in  combination  with 
the  errors  of  doctrine,  that  were  in  danger  of  exerting  a 
disastrous  influence  upon  the  souls  of  men ;  and  although 
these  evils,  it  thinks,  had  been  greatly  exaggerated,  being 
confined  to  comparatively  a  few  persons,  yet  the  danger 
was  great  and  growing. 

We  find  no  further  action  on  this  subject  until  April  21, 
1835,  when  a  communication  from  the  Cedar  Street  Church, 
"ACT  AND  "  relative  to  differences  of  opinion  and  practice 
TESTIMONY."  j^  the  Presbyterian  Church,  with  particular 
reference  to  the  '  Act  and  Testimony,' "  was  presented  to 
Presbytery. 

The  whole  subject  was  referred  to  a  special  committee, 
who  brought  in  the  following. resolutions:  — 

"  Resolved,  —  I.  That  this  Presbytery  bear  its  testimony 
against  the  errors  in  doctrine  set  forth  in  a  paper  called 
'  The  Act  and  Testimony,'  published  by  the  minority  of 
the  last  General  Assembly. 

"  2.  That  in  their  opinion,  the  present  state  of  the  church 
loudly  called  for  such  a  testimony  against  the  prevailing 


74  THE   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW   YORK. 

errors  of  the  day;  that  they  believe  the  statement  in  the 
*  Act  and  Testimony '  respecting  errors  in  doctrine  held  by 
members  of  our  communion  to  be  substantially  correct, 
and  lament  that  so  little  has  been  done  by  the  judiciaries 
of  our  church  to  discipline  such  ministers  as  have  dis- 
seminated those  errors." 

These  resolutions  were  carried  by  one  majority.  Where- 
upon, in  view  of  the  closeness  of  the  vote,  they  were  im- 
mediately reconsidered,  and  the  whole  subject  indefinitely 
postponed. 

On  the  26th  of  April,  1836,  the  following  resolution  was 
offered  in  Presbytery :  — 

"  Resolved,  That  while  there  are  errors  to  be  deeply  re- 
gretted in  a  work  entitled  '  Notes  on  the  Romans,'  by 
"  NOTES  ON  the  Rev.  Albert  Barnes,  of  Philadelphia,  yet 
THE  ROMANS."  j^  appears  to  this  Presbytery  they  have  been 
unduly  exaggerated,  and  are  not  of  such  magnitude  as 
to  justify  the  sentence  passed  upon  their  author  by  the 
Synod  of  Philadelphia." 

On  the  next  day  this  resolution  was  taken  up  and  re- 
jected by  a  large  majority.  On  the  12th  of  October 
following,  Presbytery  passed  unanimously  a  resolution 
condemning  the  book  of  Mr,  Barnes,  as  follows :  — 

"  Resolved,  That,  in  the  present  crisis  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church,  the  Presbytery  feel  themselves  called  upon  in  the 
providence  of  God  to  declare  that  they  do  regard  the 
book  entitled  '  Notes  on  the  Romans,'  by  the  Rev.  Albert 
Barnes,  as  (after  all  the  author's  emendations)  omitting 
important  truths  taught  in  that  Epistle ;  and  as  containing 
various  erroneous  sentiments,  especially  as  with  regard  to 
original  sin,  the  relation  of  man  to  Adam,  and  justification 
by  faith  in  the  atoning  sacrifice  and  righteousness  of  the 
Redeemer,  and  therefore  as  highly  improper  to  be  intro- 
duced into  Bible  classes  and  Sabbath-schools." 

On  the  next  day  it  was  resolved  that  "  in  the  judgment  of 
this   Presbytery,   in  adopting  the  constitutional  standards 


THE   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW  YORK.  75 

of  our  church,  —  which  are  our  bond  of  union,  and  the  rule 
of  judgment  by  which  all  doctrinal  controversies  are  to 
be  decided,  —  they  are  to  be  understood  in  their  plain 
and  obvious  meaning,  and  to  be  received  without  mental 
reservation." 

In  April,  1835,  two  ministers  and  two  elders  were  ap- 
pointed to  attend  the  Convention  called  by  the  friends  of 
the  "  Act  and  Testimony,"  which  was  to  meet  in  Pittsburgh 
a  week  preceding  the  General  Assembly. 

We  find  nothing  further  on  this  subject  until  Oct.  10, 
1838,  when  the  Presbytery  by  motion  approved  the  course 
of  its  commissioners  to  the  General  Assembly  of  that  year, 
in  continuing  to  sit  in  the  body  "  as  it  was  regularly  organ- 
ized in  the  Seventh  Presbyterian  Church  in  Philadelphia, 
and  in  assisting  in  its  deliberations  until  its  dissolution." 
They  also  declare  their  adherence  to  that  Assembly.  This 
was  the  last  action  on  the  subject, 

THE  PHILA-        ^^^  now,  passing  over  many  years  of  sepa- 
DELPHIA       ration,  inquire  what  action  Presbytery  took  in 
CONVENTION,   reference  to  the  reunion  of  the  church. 

At  a  meeting  held  Oct.  9,  1867,  a  committee  consisting 
of  one  minister  and  one  elder  (afterwards  increased  to 
three  ministers  and  two  elders)  was  appointed  to  attend 
a  meeting  for  prayer  and  conference,  to  be  held  in  Phila- 
delphia the  ensuing  November.  This  committee  consisted 
of  the  Rev.  Messrs.  George  D.  Archibald,  Wm.  G.  T.  Shedd, 
and  John  M.  Stevenson,  with  Elders  E.  C.  Bridgeman  and 
John  Stuart.  While  appointing  these  delegates  Presbytery 
wished  it  to  be  understood  that  they  did  not  commit  them- 
selves to  organic  union  with  any  of  the  denominations  who 
might  be  represented  there. 

In  December,  1867,  Presbytery  took  up  the  subject  of 

reunion.     They  declare  that  while  not  approving  in  every 

BASIS  OF     particular  the  plan  of  union  which  had  been  pre- 

UNION.      sented  to  the  Assembly  in  the  spring  by  a  joint 

committee,    believing    that   it    needs    more    definite    and 


^6  THE   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW   YORK. 

guarded  statement,  yet  they  express  themselves  as  heartily 
in  favor  of  reunion  with  this  and  all  other  branches  of  the 
Presbyterian  family,  so  soon  as  it  can  be  effected  upon  a 
well-defined  and  harmonious  basis.  Presbytery  declared 
itself  satisfied  with  the  declarations  made  by  the  New 
School  brethren,  as  to  their  cordial  acceptance  of  the  Con- 
fession of  Faith  and  Form  of  Government  as  containing 
the  system  of  doctrine  and  order  laid  down  in  the  Holy 
Scripture. 

Having  heard  the  delegates  who  had  attended  the  meet- 
ing at  Philadelphia,  Presbytery  adopted  the  following 
paper,  as  expressing  their  views  on  the  subject:  — 

"  Whereas,  a  convention  representing  the  divided  por- 
tions of  the  Presbyterian  family  met  in  Philadelphia  on  the 
7th  and  8th  ultimo,  and  with  fraternal  confidence  and 
remarkable  unanimity  agreed  upon  a  basis  of  union 
founded  upon  our  common  standards ; 

"  And  whereas,  a  cordial  organic  union  of  all  Presbyte- 
rians in  one  body  would  greatly  increase  the  efficiency  of 
the  church  by  both  concentrating  and  dispersing  her 
labors,  by  economizing  her  means; 

"  And  whereas,  it  is  believed  that  such  cordial  union  is 
demanded  by  the  prayer  of  the  Redeemer,  as  now  es- 
pecially taught  by  his  spirit,  and  pressed  upon  their 
consideration  by  his  providence,  — 

"  Therefore  Resolved :  First.  The  Presbytery  of  New 
York  accepts  the  action  of  the  late  Presbyterian  Conven- 
tion with  the  utmost  cordiality  and  prays  our  General 
Assembly  to  appoint  five  delegates,  as  has  been  proposed, 
with  the  view  of  agreeing  upon  measures  to  unite  the 
branches  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  into  one  organic 
body. 

"  Resolved'.  Second.  That  this  Presbytery  hails  with  joy 
the  highly  important  recommendation  of  the  convention, 
namely,  —  that  friendly  and  fraternal  intercourse  be  culti- 
vated by  interchange  of  pulpits,  by  fellowship  with  one 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK.  "jy 

another  in  social  and  religious  meetings,  and  in  every  other 
practicable  way,  —  it  being  the  earnest  desire  of  Presby- 
tery that  henceforth  a  fellowship  characterized  by  mutual 
confidence  and  affection  may  exist,  as  a  precursor  to  that 
organic  union  which  is  designed  to  revive  religion  and 
extend  the  Redeemer's  kingdom." 

The  subject  of  reunion  was  again  brought  up  at  a  meet- 
ing of  Presbytery  held  Oct.  13,  1868,  when  considering  the 
basis  of  union  sent  down  by  the  General  Assembly.  The 
whole  subject  was  discussed  in  an  able  and  earnest  manner, 
after  which  the  following  preamble  and  resolution  were 
adopted,  one  minister  entering  his  protest:  — 

"  Whereas,  the  last  General  Assembly  unanimously  ex- 
pressed its  preference  for  an  amendment  of  the  first  article 
of  the  terms  of  reunion  by  striking  out  the  following  clause, 
namely,  '  It  being  understood  that  the  Confession  is 
received  in  its  historical,  that  is,  in  the  Calvinistic  or 
Reformed  sense,  it  is  also  understood  that  various  methods 
of  viewing,  stating,  explaining,  and  illustrating  the  doctrines 
of  the  Confession  which  do  not  impair  the  integrity  of  the 
Reformed  or  Calvinistic  system,  are  to  be  freely  allowed  in 
the  united  church,  as  they  have  been  in  the  separate 
churches ;  ' 

"  And  whereas,  we  believe  that  said  first  article  is  liable  to 
be  understood  in  different  senses  by  different  persons,  and 
that  the  standards  common  to  both  churches  furnish  the 
most  safe  and  honorable  doctrinal  basis  for  the  united 
church  and  secure  unanimity  and  good  feeling  among 
us, — 

"  Therefore  Resolved,  That  this  Presbytery  hereby  ex- 
press its  preference  for  the  first  article  amended  as  above 
expressed,  and  do  hereby  authorize  the  next  General 
Assembly  to  adopt  such  measures  as  they  may  think  best 
for  securing  the  concurrence  of  the  General  Assembly  of 
the  other  branch  of  the  church  to  the  terms  of  reunion  as 
so  amended,  as  aforesaid. 


78  THE   PRESBYTERY   OF   NEW   YORK. 

"  And  we  do  hereby  give  our  consent  to  reunion  on  the 
terms  so  amended  without  further  submission  of  the  ques- 
tion to  this  Presbytery." 

At  the  meeting  of  the  General  Assembly  in  June  the 
following  questions  were  sent  down  to  the  Presbyteries,  to 
which  they  required  a  categorical  answer:  — 

"  Do  you  approve  of  the  reunion  of  the  two  bodies  now 
claiming  the  name  and  rights  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 
in  the  United  States  of  America,  on  the  following  basis?  — 
namely:  The  reunion  shall  be  effected  on  the  doctrinal 
and  ecclesiastical  basis  of  our  common  standards ;  the 
Scriptures  of  the  Old  and  New  Testaments  shall  be  ac- 
knowledged to  be  the  inspired  word  of  God,  and  the  only 
infallible  rule  of  faith  and  practice  ;  the  Confession  of  Faith 
shall  continue  to  be  sincerely  received  and  adopted  as 
containing  the  system  of  doctrine  taught  in  the  Holy 
Scriptures ;  and  the  government  and  discipline  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States  shall  be  ap- 
proved as  containing  the  principles  and  rules  of  our 
polity." 

This  question  was  taken  up  by  Presbytery  on  the  7th  of 
June,  1869,  and  was  answered  in  the  affirmative. 

This  was  the  last  action  taken  by  Presbytery  on  the  sub- 
ject. Reunion  was  consummated,  and  Presbytery  with 
enlarged  numbers  entered  upon  a  new  course. 


MISCELLANEOUS   MATTERS. 

A  few  topics  not  included  in  the  previous  pages  will 
conclude  this  history. 

An  account  of  the  erection  of  the  Third  Presbytery  of 
New  York  has  already  been  given,  and  nothing  more  is 
necessary  to  be  said  on  that  matter. 

After  the  division  of  the  church  in  1838,  a  new  Second 
Presbytery  was  erected,  and  the  Rev.  Robert  McCartee, 


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PRESBTTEEIES  D.  D.,   and  the  Canal  St,   Church,    and  the 

laiEUThu  ^Qy  WiUiam  Marshall  and  the  church  at 
Peekskill,  and  the  Rev.  Robert  Birch  were  transferred 
to  it. 

In  October,  1850,  the  Synod  set  off  to  the  Presbytery  of 
Connecticut  the  Rev.  Joseph  Harvey,  D.  D.,  and  the 
church  at  Thompsonville,  the  Rev.  Robert  G.  Thompson 
and  the  church  at  Tariffville,  the  Rev.  Gerrish  Barrett,  and 
the  Rev.  James  Ely. 

No  further  change  occurred  till  October,  1855,  when  the 
following  churches  and  ministers  were  set  off  to  form  the 
Presbytery  of  Nassau :  Jonathan  Greenleaf  and  the  Walla- 
bout  Church,  John  P.  Knox  and  the  Newtown  Church, 
J.  Edson  Rockwell  and  the  Central  Church,  Brooklyn, 
Benjamin  F.  Stead  and  the  Astoria  Church,  Peter  D.  Oakey 
and  the  Jamaica  Church,  Henry  J.  Van  Dyke  and  the  First 
Church,  Brooklyn,  Casper  W.  Hodge  and  the  Ainslee  St. 
Church,  Williamsburgh,  John  D.  Wells  and  the  First  Wil- 
liamsburgh ;  with  the  Rev.  Samuel  E.  Cornish,  Samuel  I. 
Prime,  D.  D.,  John  Neander,  John  B.  Findlay,  Thomas 
J.  Evans,  and  the  Williamsburgh  German  and  Scotch 
churches,  both  having  stated  supplies. 

Although  the  subject  of  Foreign  Missions  has  always 
been  one  of  paramount  interest  to  the  Presbytery,  yet  we 
POEEiaN  fi"d  but  little  recorded  in  reference  to  it.  In 
MISSIONS.  October,  18 17,  a  communication  was  received  from 
the  "United  Foreign  Missionary  Society"  asking  aid  in 
their  work.  Presbytery  in  answer  cheerfully  engages  to 
contribute  to  their  funds,  and  recommends  to  the  sessions 
of  the  various  churches  to  consider  how  this  can  be  most 
effectually  done,  and  suggests  that  special  sessions  for 
prayer  be  set  apart  for  the  success  of  the  society.  In  the 
"  Narrative "  of  that  year  it  says  of  the  society,  "  This 
mighty  engine  of  beneficence,  though  complicated  in  its 
operations  and  embarrassed  in  its  resources,  continues  to 
go  forward." 


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The  Monthly  Concert  for  Missions  was  established  in 
1815,  at  first  embracing  only  the  home  field,  but  afterwards 
enlarging  its  sphere.  So  important  did  they  consider  this 
agent  that  in  1817  they  took  new  action  to  increase  its 
efficiency,  and  in  April,  18 18,  a  great  improvement  is 
reported,  —  so  that  instead  of  a  few  from  different  con- 
gregations meeting  together,  the  number  had  increased 
tenfold. 

In  April,  1832,  "The  Western  Foreign  Missionary  So- 
ciety" appealed  for  aid,  but  as  Presbytery  had  been  for 
years  identified  with  the  A.  B.  C.  F.  M.  it  could  only  wish 
them  God-speed.  In  1837  the  Assembly  erected  its  Board 
of  Foreign  Missions,  and  from  this  time  on  Presbytery 
threw  all  its  interest  in  that  body. 

As  early  as  181 1,  there  were  associations  of  benevolent 
persons  in  the  city  engaged  in  giving  instruction  during 
SABBATH-  the  week  to  the  children  of  the  poor,  but  we  find 
SCHOOLS.  j^Q  notice  by  Presbytery  of  Sabbath-schools  as  we 
now  have  them  until  1818.  There  were  a  few  such  schools 
under  private  direction,  but  not  as  a  regular  part  of  church 
work.  In  that  year  Presbytery  expresses  its  great  satis- 
faction at  the  success  of  Sabbath-schools  established  in 
the  various  churches.  The  children  in  these  schools  were 
drawn  almost  entirely  from  the  ignorant  classes,  the  chil- 
dren of  the  church  being  taught  at  home  by  their  parents. 
In  1824  the  subject  of  Sabbath-schools  had  become 
prominent,  so  that  at  that  time  there  were  from  one  to 
four  such  schools  in  each  church,  besides  large  male  and 
female  Bible-classes ;  and  during  the  year  above  men- 
tioned sixty-eight  from  the  Bible-classes  in  the  Rutgers 
St.  Church  were  added  to  the  church.  In  1829  the  West- 
minster Catechisms  were  for  the  first  time  introduced  into 
the  Sabbath-schools  by  the  direction  of  Presbytery.  From 
this  point  onward  the  stream  widened  and  deepened,  until 
at  the  close  of  the  period  under  review  it  had  become  a 
great  river. 


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Not  till  the   year  1818  do  we   find   Presbytery   taking 

any  action  in  reference  to  the  evil  of  intemperance.     In 

October  of  that   year   it   is  recommended  to 

TEMPEKANCE.        ..  ,,  ,,  ,  r     ■      r 

mmisters,  elders,  and  deacons  to  relram  irom 
offering  ardent  spirits  to  visitors  at  their  houses,  "  except 
in  extraordinary  instances." 

In  April,  1828,  Presbytery  earnestly  and  affectionately 
recommend,  — 

1.  That  the  churches  under  their  care  adopt  prompt 
and  vigorous  measures  in  regard  to  the  alarming  evil  of 
intemperance. 

2.  That  inasmuch  as  the  moderate  use  of  ardent  spirits 
under  the  mistaken  idea  of  utility  or  hospitality  has  often 
been  productive  of  the  worst  consequences,  heads  of 
families  discourage  its  use  in  their  families  or  by  those  in 
their  employ,  except  for  medicinal  purposes. 

3.  That  all  who  are  engaged  in  importing,  distilling,  or 
vending  ardent  spirits  solemnly  consider  the  morality  of 
pursuing  this  branch  of  business. 

In  October,  1832,  Presbytery  resolved  that  in  their 
opinion  '•  it  is  the  duty  of  all  men,  and  especially  of  those 
who  profess  the  faith  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  entirely  to 
abstain  from  the  use  of  ardent  spirits  as  a  drink,  and  the 
traffic  in  it  as  such ;  and  that  it  is  also  the  duty  of  all  our 
churches,  not  only  themselves  to  abstain  from  such  use 
and  traffic,  but  do  all  in  their  power  to  promote  the  forma- 
tion of  temperance  societies,  procure  signatures  to  the 
temperance  pledge,  and  in  other  ways  to  advance  the 
progress  of  the  temperance  cause."  This  action  seems  to 
have  made  some  impression,  for  the  next  year  in  their 
report  to  the  Assembly  they  say,  "  The  cause  of  temper- 
ance, so  intimately  connected  with  sound  morality,  so  indis- 
pensable to  the  wide  extension  of  religion,  and  in  which 
human  happiness  has  so  deep  an  interest,  is  kindly  cher- 
ished in  all  our  churches,  and  we  rejoice  to  say  that  a 
goodly  number  of  professors  of  religion  in  our  connection, 

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82         THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK. 

in  the  year  past,  have,  for  conscience'  sake,  washed  their 
hands  from  all  participation  in  the  use  or  traffic  of  that 
defiling  element  ardent  spirits.  This  subject  has  also  en- 
listed extensively  the  kind  interest  and  vigorous  efforts  of 
the  young." 

In  April,  1848,  Presbytery  resolved  — 

"  I.  That  it  regards  with  interest  the  effort  which  is 
now  in  progress  to  rescue  the  cause  of  temperance  from 
irreligious  connections,  and  to  place  it  on  the  basis  of 
Christianity. 

"  2.  That  this  Presbytery,  without  committing  itself  to 
any  organization,  reaffirms  the  views  long  since  expressed 
by  the  Presbyterian  Church  as  to  the  expediency  of  absti- 
nence from  intoxicating  drinks,  and  earnestly  commends 
to  the  ministers  and  churches  under  its  care  the  continued 
prosecution  of  every  Scriptural  endeavor  to  suppress  and 
prevent  intemperance ;  and  does  hereby  invite  their  hearty 
concurrence  in  renewed  endeavors  to  carry  out  Christian 
principles  on  this  subject." 

There  have  been  three  general  revivals  in  the  churches 

of  the  Presbytery,  namely:   in   181 1,   1831,  and 
EEVIVALSi      „    _ 
1858. 

The  revival  in  181 1  was  the  most  powerful  that  had  ever 
been  experienced  in  the  history  of  the  Presbytery.  There 
were  no  extraordinary  means  used  to  induce  or  extend  it. 
The  "  praying  societies  "  which  had  been  recently  insti- 
tuted proved  to  be  of  great  benefit  at  this  time.  The 
influences  of  Divine  grace  upon  those  converted  seemed 
to  operate  by  a  gradual  illumination  of  the  mind,  deeply 
impressing  upon  it  the  truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus,  and  produc- 
ing in  the  life  corresponding  fruits. 

In  1 83 1  a  great  outpouring  of  the  Spirit  occurred. 
Early  in  February  a  united  service  of  all  the  congregations 
was  appointed  to  pray  for  a  revival;  and  these  meetings 
were  kept  up  for  several  successive  days.  These  gather- 
ings for  prayer  were  signally  blest.    There  were  also  meet- 


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ings  at  sunrise  held  in  many  of  the  churches  with  the  most 
happy  effects.  The  great  features  of  the  work  were  the 
same  that  appeared  in  Apostohc  times,  —  preaching  in 
pubhc  and  from  house  to  house,  united  with  prayer  and 
a  simple  and  faithful  instruction  from  the  Bible  to  the 
young.  About  five  hundred  were  added  to  the  churches 
on  confession  of  their  faith. 

The  third  general  revival  occurred  in  1858.  Six  months 
before  it  commenced  the  mouths  of  all  were  filled  with 
lamentation  on  account  of  the  universal  coldness.  But  the 
financial  depression  of  the  previous  year  seemed  to  have 
prepared  the  hearts  of  many  for  a  blessing.  The  means 
used  to  carry  forward  the  work  were  such  as  the  Holy 
Spirit  is  used  to  honor  for  the  conferring  of  grace ;  prayer, 
exhortation,  and  the  preaching  of  the  Word  were  the  only 
resort. 

A  striking  fact  in  this  revival  was  the  accessibility  among 
almost  all  classes  to  approach  on  the  subject  of  salvation. 
Another  remarkable  feature  of  the  case  was  tliat  it  was 
carried  forward  without  reference  to  any  prominent  man 
or  men  as  the  chief  instruments.  God  himself  was  the 
leader  of  his  people.  In  the  whole  work  Christ  was 
made  the  central  point  to  which  attention  was  generally 
directed. 

The  results  of  this  revival  in  the  churches  of  this  Pres- 
bytery were  — 

A  very  evident  and  general  solemnity  which  pervaded 
the  congregations,  accompanied  with  a  fixed  attention  and 
an  apparent  desire  to  profit  by  the  word  preached. 

A  decided  increase  in  the  attendance  upon  all  the  meet- 
ings for  worship. 

A  quiet  yet  very  perceptible  increase  in  the  demand  for 
personal  instruction. 

A  readiness  to  abandon  old  defences  and  refuges  of 
lies,  and  to  seek  earnestly  and  immediately  an  interest  in 
Christ. 


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And  lastly,  conversions ;  among  which  were  children  of 
the  church  brought  in,  sceptics  convinced,  backsliders 
reclaimed,  —  and  not  least,  spiritual  despair  giving  place 
to  cheerful  faith  and  hope  in  God. 

More  than  five  hundred  were  in  that  year  added  to  the 
church  on  the  confession  of  their  faith. 

The  intervals  between  these  great  revivals  were  not 
altogether  without  fruit;  the  truth  was  advancing,  but 
there  was  no  prevailing  spiritual  influence  embracing  all 
the  churches  of  the  Presbytery, 

On  the  30th  of  November,  1867,  the  Presbytery  of  New 

INCOKPORATION  York  was  incorporated    by  the  Legislature 

OF  THE         under  the  title  "  The  Trustees  of  the  Presby- 

PRESBTTEET.    ^^^^  ^f  ^^^  York."     The  following  extract 

from  the  charter  will  explain  itself:  — 

"  The  said  coriDoration  shall,  in  law,  be  capable  of  taking  for  relig- 
ious and  charitable  purposes,  by  gift,  devise,  bequest,  grant,  or  pur- 
chase, and  of  holding,  conveying,  and  otherwise  disposing  of  the 
same  from  time  to  time,  all  real  and  personal  estate  now  held  for 
the  benefit  of  the  said  Presbytery,  or  which  hath  been  or  may  here- 
after, for  the  purposes  of  the  said  Presbytery,  and  in  the  promotion 
of  its  charitable  or  religious  purposes,  be  given,  devised,  bequeathed, 
or  granted  to  the  said  corporation  by  their  name,  or  to  the  said 
Presbytery,  or  ^or  the  charitable  and  religious  uses  thereof,  or  which 
may,  in  any  manner,  have  accrued  or  shall  accrue  from  the  interest, 
income,  or  use  of  such  real  and  personal  estate.  Provided,  that 
the  yearly  income  received  from  the  property  of  the  said  corpora- 
tion shall  not  exceed  ten  thousand  dollars. 

"  The  management  and  disposal  of  the  affairs  and  property  of  the 
said  corporation  shall  be  in  the  hands  of  the  said  Trustees  and 
their  successors  in  office  from  time  to  time ;  and  which  Trustees 
shall  hold  their  offices  at  the  pleasure  of  the  said  Presbytery,  and 
all  vacancies  shall  be  filled  by  them. 

"  The  said  corporation  shall  possess  the  general  powers,  rights, 
and  privileges,  and  be  subject  to  the  liabilities  and  provisions  con- 
tained in  the  eighteenth  chapter  of  the  first  part  of  the  Revised 
Statutes,  so  far  as  the  same  are  applicable,  and  also  subject  to  the 
provisions  of  chapter  three  hundred  and  sixty  of  the  laws  of  eigh- 
teen hundred  and  sixty." 


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THE 

FOURTH  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK. 
1 822-1 870. 

IN  November,  1753,  several  ministers  of  the  Antiburgher 
Associate  Synod  of  Scotland,  who  had  recently  come 
from  Scotland  and  Ireland,  constituted  themselves  into  a 
Presbytery  under  the  name  of"  The  Associate  Presbytery  of 
Pennsylvania."  In  May,  1776,  their  numbers  being  greatly 
increased,  they  divided  themselves  into  two  bodies,  entitled 
"  The  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia,"  and  "  The  Presbytery  of 
New  York." 

On  the  13th  of  June,  1782,  a  body  of  Presbyterians  in 
Pennsylvania,  who  styled  themselves  "  Reformed  Presby- 
terians," united  with  these  Presbyteries  and  assumed  the 
name  of  "  The  Associate  Reformed  Synod."  Those  who 
refused  to  enter  into  this  union  remained  as  two  indepen- 
dent bodies,  known  as  "The  Associate  Presbyterian  Church," 
and  "  The  Reformed  Presbyterian  Church." 

The  Associate  Reformed  Presbytery  of  New  York,  of 
which  the  Fourth  Presbytery  is  the  successor,  continued 
under  that  name  until  October,  1821,  when  it  came  into 
connection  with  the  General  Assembly  by  the  adoption  of 
the  following  resolution :  "  Resolved,  That  this  Presbytery 
approve  the  articles  of  union  between  the  General  Assem- 
bly of  the  Presbyterian  Church  and  the  General  Synod  of 
the  Associate  Reformed  Church." 

At  the  meeting  of  the  Synod  of  New  York  held  in  1822 
the  Presbytery  was  received,  and  on  the  8th  of  April  it 
appointed  commissioners  to  the  General  Assembly,  who 


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were  directed  to  report  to  that  body  that  hereafter  this 
Presbytery  should  be  known  as  the  Second  Presbytery  of 
New  York. 

A  few  facts  in  reference  to  this  Presbytery  before  its 
union  with  the  Assembly  will  not  be  out  of  place  in  this 
history. 

From  1782  till  1822  this  Presbytery  was  actively  en- 
gaged in  advancing  the  interests  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  within  its  bounds.  Among  its  ministers  we  find 
the  names  of  James  Proudfit,  John  Mason,  Robert  Annan, 
John  Dunlap,  John  Smith,  Thomas  G.  Smith,  George  Mairs, 
and  David  Telfair.  And  among  its  churches.  Cedar  St., 
New  York,  New  Perth  (now  Salem),  Cambridge,  and 
Hebron  and  Argyle  in  Washington  County,  New  York. 

In  1794  this  Presbytery  was  divided  into  the  Presby- 
teries of  New  York  and  Washington. 

At  the  time  of  the  union  in  1822  there  Avere  but  three 
churches  connected  with  the  Presbytery  in  the  city,  namely: 
the  Fiist  or  Cedar  St.  Church,  of  which  the  Rev.  R.  B. 
McLeod  was  pastor;  the  Second  or  Pearl  St.  Church,  of 
which  the  Rev.  William  W.  Phillips  was  pastor;  and  the 
Third  or  Murray  St.  Church,  of  which  the  Rev.  John  M. 
Mason  was  pastor;  but  Dr.  Mason  was  released  from  his 
charge  the  day  on  which  the  Presbytery  resolved  to  con- 
nect itself  with  the  General  Assembly.  In  the  country, 
connected  with  the  Presbytery,  were  the  Graham's  Church, 
Little  Britain,  Bloomingburg,  Delhi,  and  Newburgh,  —  with 
Rev.  J.  Mcjimpsey  pastor  of  the  first;  R.  Scrimgeour  of 
the  second  ;  Bloomingburg  vacant;  and  John  J.  Christie  of 
the  last;  the  Rev.  John  Mulligan,  and  the  Rev.  Joseph 
Penny,  ministers  without  pastoral  charge. 

On  the  1 2th  of  November,  1822,  the  Graham's  Church 
with  its  pastor  withdrew  from  Presbytery.  On  the  13th 
of  April,  1824,  the  Rev.  R.  B.  McLeod  was  released  from 
the  Cedar  St.  Church;  and  on  the  ist  of  May  the  Rev. 
Joseph  McElroy,  who  had  been  received  from  the  Presby- 


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tery  of  Monongahela,  was  installed  pastor.  On  the  i8th  of 
October  licentiate  Nehemiah  Brown  was  ordained  and  in- 
stalled pastor  of  a  church  at  Huntington,  L.  I.,  —  this  church 
having  withdrawn  from  the  Presbytery  of  Long  Island,  and 
being  now  independent,  —  from  which  he  was  released  June 
II,  1832.  On  the  nth  of  June,  1826,  the  Rev.  William 
W.  Phillips  was  released  from  the  Pearl  St.  Church,  he 
having  accepted  a  call  to  the  Wall  St.  Church.  On  the 
23d  of  August,  1826,  the  Rev.  Walter  Monteith,  who  had 
been  received  from  the  Presbytery  of  Albany,  was  installed 
pastor  of  the  Pearl  St.  Church,  from  which  he  was  re- 
leased April  29,  1829.  Mr.  Monteith  was  succeeded  by 
the  Rev.  Benjamin  H.  Rice,  of  the  Presbytery  of  Hanover. 
He  was  installed  Dec.  2,  1829,  and  continued  their  pastor 
until  Sept.  25,  1832,  when  he  was  released.  On  the  17th 
of  April,  1834,  the  Rev.  Henry  A.  Rowland  was  received 
from  the  Presbytery  of  Fayetteville  and  installed  pastor. 
Mr.  Rowland  was  released  on  the  7th  of  January,  1843. 
On  the  14th  of  December,  1843,  the  Rev.  Charles  H.  Read 
was  ordained  and  installed  as  pastor. 

On  the  25th  of  September,  1832,  the  Rev.  William  D. 
Snodgrass  was  released  from  the  Murray  St.  Church, 
and  on  the  31st  of  January,  1833,  the  Rev.  Thomas  Mc- 
Auley,  who  had  been  received  from  the  Second  Presbytery 
of  Philadelphia,  was  installed.  This  church  afterwards 
changed  its  location,  and  was  known  as  the  Eighth  St. 
Church. 

In  October,  1835,  the  church  at  West  Farms  was  set  off 
by  the  Synod  to  this  Presbytery,  and  on  the  22d  of  June 
the  Rev,  Matthew  T.  Adam  was  installed  pastor. 

On  the  13th  of  November,  1838,  the  Eighth  Avenue 
Church  with  its  pastor,  the  Rev.  Henry  Riley,  were  received. 
Mr.  Riley  was  released  from  his  charge  December  27,  1838, 
and  on  the  7th  of  April,  1839,  the  Rev.  Robert  C.  Brisbin 
was  installed.  Mr.  Brisbin  remained  with  the  church  till 
May  I,   1 841,  when  the   pastoral  relation  was  dissolved. 


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On  the  30th  of  June,  1844,  the  Rev.  James  J.  Ostrom,  who 
had  been  received  from  the  Presbytery  of  New  York,  was 
installed  pastor.  On  the  ist  of  December,  1851,  Mr. 
Ostrom  was  released,  and  on  the  31st  of  April,  1852,  the 
Rev.  Frederick  G.  Clark  was  installed.  In  April,  1853,  the 
church  entered  a  new  house  of  worship,  and  became  known 
as  the  West  Twenty-third  St.  Church.  On  the  22d  of 
December,  1858,  the  church  withdrew  and  joined  the  Pres- 
bytery of  New  York. 

The  church  at  New  Rochelle  was  taken  under  the  care 
of  Presbytery  Oct,  16,  1839,  and  remained  without  a  pas- 

NEW  tor  until  January  20,  1845,  when  the  Rev. 
EOCHELLE.  Charles  Hawley  was  installed.  On  the  23d  of 
October,  1848,  Mr.  Hawley  resigned,  and  was  succeeded  by 
the  Rev.  Charles  E.  Lindsley,  who  was  installed  June  28, 
1850.  Mr.  Lindsley  was  released  Oct.  12,  1858,  and  was 
succeeded  by  the  Rev.  Erskine  N.  White,  who  was  installed 
Dec.  3,  1862.  Mr.  White  resigned  Aug.  3,  1868,  and  was 
followed  by  the  Rev.  David  Hopkins,  who  was  installed 
Jan.  7,  1869.  Mr.  Hopkins  was  released  by  death  Nov.  i, 
1869. 

The  further  history  of  the  churches  already  noticed  will 
be  continued  hereafter.  We  now  consider  the  action  of 
this  Presbytery  at  the  time  of  the  disruption.  The  first 
intimation  on  the  minutes  of  the  division  which  had  oc- 
curred in  the  church  was  at  a  meeting  held  April  2,  1839, 
when  the  following  brief  correspondence  was  presented :  — 

Sessions  of  the  Second  Presbytery  of  New  York.    Nov.  6,  1838. 

Resolved:  That  the  Stated  Clerk  be  instructed  to  apply  to  the 
Rev.  Henry  A.  Rowland,  late  Stated  Clerk,  for  the  Book  of  Minutes 
of  this  Presbytery. 

J.  McElroy,  Stated  Clerk. 

Mr.  Rowland  will  please  hand  the  above-mentioned  Book  to 
the  bearer. 

Respectfully, 

J.  McElroy. 


FOURTH   PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK.  91 

New  York,  March  27,  1839. 
To  the  Rev.  y.  McElroy,  D.D. 

Dear  Sir,  —  I  received  a  note  from  you,  enclosing  the  copy  of 
a  resolution  purporting  to  have  been  passed  by  the  Second  Presby- 
tery of  New  York  held  Nov.  6,  1838,  directing  an  application  to 
me  for  the  Book  of  Minutes  of  said  Presbytery.  On  examination 
of  the  Records  in  my  possession,  I  find  that  there  were  no  sessions 
of  the  Presbytery  held  at  that  time,  and  no  such  resolution  passed. 
Respectfully  yours, 

Henry  A.  Rowland,  Stated  Clerk. 

The  next  action  of  the  Presbytery  on  this  subject  was  at 
a  meeting  held  April  22,  1839,  when  the  following  question 
was  proposed :  "  What  shall  be  done  with  ministers  and 
churches  who  have  seceded  from  the  Presbytery?"  A 
committee  was  appointed  to  propose  a  suitable  overture 
for  the  Assembly. 

At  a  meeting  of  Presbytery  held  on  the  14th  of  May,  1839, 
the  following  resolutions  were  unanimously  adopted :  — 

"  Resolved,  —  I.  That  the  union  of  this  Presbytery  with 
the  General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  is,  and 
always  has  been,  a  compact  of  a  purely  ecclesiastical 
nature,  and  was  formed  for  the  promotion  of  more  extended 
Christian  fellowship,  and  to  unite  our  efforts  with  others 
the  more  successfully  to  advance  the  interests  of  the 
Redeemer's  kingdom. 

"2.  That  in  approving  the  union  constituted  between 
the  General  Synod  of  the  Associate  Reformed  Church  and 
the  General  Assembly  this  Presbytery  has  never  ceded  the 
right  to  rescind  their  act  of  approval  and  to  re-assert  their 
separate  jurisdiction,  whenever  they  shall  deem  the  ends 
for  which  the  union  was  formed  to  be  unattainable ;  and 
that  consequently  no  acts  of  the  General  Assembly  can 
in  any  way  affect  the  integrity  of  their  organization,  or 
alienate  the  personal  and  associated  rights  of  themselves 
and  the  churches  under  their  jurisdiction. 

"  3.     That  whereas,  the  Supreme  Court  of  Pennsylvania, 


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on  a  motion  to  dismiss  the  suit  of  the  Trustees,  called 
Relators,  appointed  by  the  General  Assembly  which  met 
in  the  First  Church,  Philadelphia,  did  decide  in  favor  of 
the  application  of  said  Relators,  and  the  court  at  Nisi  Prius, 
Judge  Rodgers  presiding,  did  affirm  the  same,  and  there 
was  given  by  the  jury  a  unanimous  verdict  in  their  favor; 
and  whereas,  the  majority  of  the  Court  in  Banc,  on  mo- 
tion for  a  new  trial,  have  given  an  opinion  based  on  an 
assumption  of  facts,  and  an  entire  misapprehension  of  the 
constitution  and  laws  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  and  have 
granted  a  new  trial ;  and  whereas,  the  act  exscinding  four 
Synods,  passed  by  the  General  Assembly  of  1837,  was  an 
act  which  in  its  nature  and  consequences  is  revolutionary, 
subversive  of  the  constitution  of  the  church,  destructive  of 
the  rights  of  the  Presbyteries  and  churches  under  that  con- 
stitution, and  is  unfraternal,  unchristian,  and  oppressive; 
and  whereas,  it  of  right  belongs  to  us  to  decide  our 
ecclesiastical  relations,  and  to  declare  to  which  of  the 
bodies  claiming  each  to  be  the  General  Assembly  we  are 
as  a  Presbytery  attached,  — 

"  Therefore  Resolved :  That  the  General  Assembly  which 
convened  in  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  Philadelphia, 
and  which  included  the  commissioners  from  the  Synods 
unjustly  excluded,  and  was  open  to  the  reception  of  the 
commissioners  legally  appointed  by  all  the  Presbyteries,  is 
the  true  General  Assembly,  and  ecclesiastically  the  body 
to  which  we  are,  as  a  Presbytery,  united." 

On  the  1 8th  of  June,  1845,  the  Eighth  Street  Church 
EIGHTH  "^^th  its  pastor,  the  Rev.  Thomas  McAuley,  with- 
STREET  drew  in  an  irregular  manner,  while  the  pastor  was 
CHURCH,  under  judicial  process,  and  connected  themselves 
with  the  Presbytery  of  New  York. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Synod  of  New  York  and  New 
Jersey,  held  in  the  Bleecker  St.  Church  on  the  25th  of 
October,  1845,  the  following  changes  were  made  in  the 
Presbyteries,  in  accordance  with  a  joint  overture  sent  up 


FOURTH   PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK.  93 

by  the  Second  and  Third  Presbyteries  of  New  York, 
namely :  The  name  of  the  Second  Presbytery  was  changed 
to  "  The  Fourth  Presbytery  of  New  York,"  and  the  follow- 
ing ministers  and  churches  of  the  Third  Presbytery  were 
transferred  to  that  body:  the  Rev,  Erskine  Mason  and 
the  Bleecker  St.  Church ;  the  Rev.  Edwin  Holt  and  the 
Carmine  St.  Church;  the  Rev.  Jonathan  J.  Jones  and  the 
Welch  Church ;  the  Rev.  William  Adams  and  the  Central 
Church  ;  the  Rev.  Mason  Noble  and  the  Eleventh  Church  ; 
the  Rev.  Horace  Eaton  and  the  Sixth  St.  Church;  the 
Rev.  Ezra  H.  Gillett  and  the  Harlem  Church;  the  Rev.  D. 
Taylor  Bagg  and  the  Madison  St.  Church;  and  the  Revs. 
Daniel  L.  Carroll,  Henry  White,  L.  Burton  Rockwood,  and 
Josephus  B,  Loring,  ministers  without  pastoral  charge. 

The  Fourth  Presbytery  of  New  York,  thus  reorganized, 
held  its  first  meeting  in  the  lecture-room  of  the  Bleecker 
THE  FOURTH  St.  Church  on  the  14th  of  January,  1846. 
PRESBYTERY.  Xhe  Rev.  Charles  H.  Read  was  elected  mod- 
erator, and  the  Rev.  Erskine  Mason,  stated  clerk.  At  its 
reorganization  the  Presbytery  included  the  following  min- 
isters and  churches:  the  Revs.  Charles  H.  Read,  Erskine 
Mason,  William  Adams,  James  J.  Ostrom,  Edwin  Holt, 
Horace  Eaton,  L.  Burton  Lockwood,  Henry  White,  Wil- 
liam J.  Armstrong,  E.  G.  Smith,  Gorham  D.  Abbott, 
Daniel  L.  Carroll,  and  Josephus  B.  Loring ;  with  the  Pearl 
St.,  Carmine  St.,  Eighth  Avenue,  Bleecker  St.,  Eleventh, 
Sixth  St.,  Central,  Harlem,  Welch,  Madison  St.,  and  New 
Rochelle  churches. 

We  now  look  at  the  history  of  these  churches  as  con- 
nected with  the  Presbytery.  The  early  history  of  some  of 
them  has  already  been  given,  but  we  continue  the  history 
of  these. 

The  Pearl  St.  Church  remained  under  the  pastoral  care 

PEARL     of  the  Rev.  Charles  H.  Read  until  March  2,  1849, 

STREET,    when  the  pastoral  relation  was  dissolved.     On  the 

23d  of  September  the   Rev.  A.  A.  Wood  was    installed, 


94  FOURTH  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK. 

who  remained  its  pastor  until  Feb.  5,  1853,  when  he  was 
released  and  the  church  was  united  with  the  Central 
Church,  On  the  same  day  the  pastoral  relation  of  the 
Rev,  William  Adams  with  the  Central  Church  was  dis- 
solved. 

The  Central  Church,  now  made  strong  by  the  accession 
from  the  Pearl  St.  Church,  gave  a  call  to  the  Rev,  A,  A. 
CENTRAL  Wood,  Dr,  Wood  remained  as  their  pastor  until 
CHURCH.  May  I,  i860,  when  he  was  released.  He  was 
succeeded  by  the  Rev,  James  B,  Dunn,  who  was  installed 
Jan.  13,  1864,  Mr.  Dunn  was  released  June  29,  1868,  and 
was  followed  by  the  Rev.  James  D.  Wilson,  who  was 
installed  Feb,  28,  1869, 

The  Rev.  Erskine  Mason  continued  the  pastor  of  the 
Bleecker  St,  Church  until  his  death  in  1851.  On  the  25th 
BLEECKER  of  April,  i852,the  Rev.  Joel  Parker  was  installed. 
STREET.  In  1854  the  church  was  removed  to  a  new 
building,  corner  of  Fourth  Avenue  and  Twenty-second  St., 
and  was  known  as  the  Fourth  Avenue  Church.  Dr. 
Parker  was  released  from  the  pastoral  charge  Feb.  11, 
1863,  and  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  Howard  Crosby, 
who  was  installed  on  the  i6th  of  March  the  same  year. 

The  Carmine  St.  Church  retained  its  pastor,  the  Rev. 
Edwin  Holt,  until  April  20,  1846,  when  the  pastoral  rela- 
CARMINE  tion  was  dissolved.  Mr.  Holt  was  succeeded  by 
STREET.  t|-ig  Rev.  Thomas  H.  Skinner,  Jr.,  who  was  in- 
stalled Oct,  7.  Mr.  Skinner  continued  the  pastor  till 
April  15,  1856,  when  he  resigned.  He  was  followed  by 
the  Rev.  Thomas  S.  Hastings,  who  was  installed  October 
20,  1856. 

In  185 1  the  Welch  Church,  having  adopted  the  congre- 
WELCH  gational  form  of  church  government,  was  on  the 
CHURCH,  ^th  of  October  of  that  year  stricken  from  the  roll 
of  churches. 

On  the  8th  of  June,  1850,  the  Rev.  Mason  Noble  was 
released  from  the  charge  of  the  Eleventh  Church,  and  on 


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the  22d  of  September  the  Rev,  J.  Parsons  Hovey,  who 

„^„       had  been  received  from  the  Presbytery  of  Han- 

ELEVENTH  over,  was  installed.     Dr.  Hovey  remained  pastor 

CHUECH.    Qf  ^|-jg  church  until  his  death,   which  occurred 

December    16,   1863.      He   was   succeeded   by   the   Rev. 

Abbott  E.  Kittredge,  who  was  installed  Jan.  15,  1864. 

The  Rev.  Horace  Eaton  was  released  from  the  Sixth  St. 
SIXTH    Church  April  10,  1849,  and  on  the  5th  of  April, 
STREET.   1852,  the  church  was  dissolved. 

The  Rev.  Ezra  H,  Gillett  remained  the  pastor  of  the 
Harlem  Church  until  April  4,  1870,  when  the  pastoral 
HARLEM  relation  was  dissolved,  —  Dr.  Gillett  devoting  his 
CHURCH,  time  to  the  duties  of  his  professorship  in  the  Uni- 
versity of  New  York,  On  the  15th  of  May  the  Rev. 
Theodore  A.  Leggett  was  installed  pastor. 

The  Rev.  D.  Taylor  Bagg  was  released  from  the  charge 
MADISON  of  the  Madison  St.  Church  Dec.  20,  1847,  and  on 
STREET,  the  5th  of  April,  1848,  the  church  withdrew  from 
Presbytery. 

On  the  14th  of  September,  1846,  the  Eighth  St.  Church, 
at  the  time  connected  with  the  Second  Presbytery  of  New 
EIOHTH  Yo""^  (O-  S.),  asked  to  be  received  by  this  Presby- 
STREET  tery,  on  account  of  the  course  taken  by  the  Second 
CHURCH.  Presbytery  in  relation  to  their  pastor-elect,  the 
Rev.  William  R.  Chapman.  They  were  'accordingly 
received,  and  Mr.  Chapman  was  installed  September  20. 
On  the  23d  of  October,  1848,  Mr.  Chapman  was  released, 
and  on  the  5th  of  April,  1852,  the  church,  having  been 
long  in  a  languishing  condition,  was  disbanded. 

On  the  7th  of  October,   1846,  the  Central  Church  at 

Haverstraw,  which   had   been   previously   organized,  was 

received  by  the  Presbytery,  and  on  the  2^th 
HAVERSTRAW.      ^    .       .,       „  1       -r^  a  ^     t^ 

01  April,  1849,  the  Rev.  Amasa  S.  rreeman 

was  installed  pastor. 

The  Manhattanville  Church  was  received  by  Presbytery 

Nov.  15, 1853,  and  the  Rev,  Oliver  S,  St,  John  installed.    The 


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church  made  but  little  progress,  and  on  the  14th  of  April, 
MANHATTAN-  i857>  ^'^^-  St.  John   resigned.      It   never   had 

VILLE.       another  settled  pastor  until  after  the  Reunion. 

As  early  as  February,  1853,  the  French  Evangelical 
Church  asked  to  be  taken  under  the  care  of  the  Pres- 

rsENCH  bytery,  but  it  was  not  received  till  Nov.  18, 
EVANGELICAL.  1866,  on  which  day  the  Rev.  Mousseau  G. 
des  Islets  was  installed  pastor.  He  remained  less  than  a 
year,  resigning  Sept.  2T,,  1867. 

On  the  6th  of  March,  1853,  the  Madison  Square  Church 
recently  organized  was  received  by  the  Presbytery,  and 
MADISON  on  the  same  day  the  Rev.  William  Adams,  who 
SQUAEE.  had  been  released  from  the  Central  Church,  was 
installed. 

The  church  at  Englewood  was  received  by  Presbytery 
June  15,  i860,  and  on  the  20th  the  Rev.  James  H.  Dwight 

was  installed  pastor.  Mr.  Dwight  remained 
ENGLEWOOD.       .  ,       ,  .,      ^       .,  o^  1 

Avith  them  until  April  i,  1867,  when  he  re- 
signed. On  the  19th  of  September  Mr.  Henry  M.  Booth, 
a  licentiate  of  the  Third  Presbytery,  was  ordained  and 
installed. 

On  the  14th  of  April,  1862,  the  Church  of  the  Covenant, 
CHURCH     ^  colony  from  Mercer  St.  Church,  was  received, 
OF  THE      and   on  the    i6th  the  Rev.  George  L.  Prentiss 
COVENANT,  ^^as  installed  pastor. 

On  the  1 2th  of  October,  1863,  a  church  at  Riverdale  was 
received,  and  on  the  28th    Mr.  George  M.  Boynton  was 

__n._-^.T  ordained  and  installed  pastor.  Mr.  Boynton 
KIVERDALE,  1  1    r  t  o^ 

was  released  from  the  charge  June    10,    1867. 

He  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  Henry  H.  Stebbins,  who 

was  installed  Oct.  8,  1867. 

The  church  at  Darien,  Ct.,  was  organized  Nov.  5,  1863, 

and  Mr.  James  W.  Coleman  was  ordained  and  in- 
DARIEN.        ,,    ,      •'        ,-      ,    ^     „^ 
stalled  pastor  March  6,  1864. 

After  the  enlargement  of  the  Presbytery  in   1845,  the 

subject  of  church  extension  in  the  city  was  often  before 


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them,  but  as  in  other  Presbyteries,  the  amount  of  money 
received  for  the  purpose  was  entirely  inadequate,  and  the 
most  they  were  enabled  to  do  was  to  sustain  the  French 
Evangelical  and  the  Manhattanville  churches.  Most  of 
the  churches  organized  or  received  were  self-sustaining 
from  the  beginning. 


THE 


THIRD  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK. 
1830-1870. 


I 


i 


THE 

THIRD  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK. 
1830-1870. 

AT  a  meeting  of  the  Synod  of  New  York,  held  in  the 
city  of  New  York  on  the  23d  of  October,  1830,  a 
request  was  presented  from  a  number  of  ministers  and 
churches  asking  that  they  might  be  organized  as  a  Presby- 
tery, to  be  called  **  The  Third  Presbytery  of  New  York." 
This  petition  was  signed  by  the  Rev.  Samuel  H.  Cox  and 
the  Laight  Street  Church,  Henry  G.  Ludlow  and  the  Spring 
Street  Church,  William  Patton  and  the  Central  Church, 
Henry  White  and  the  Allen  Street  Church,  Elihu  W. 
Baldwin  and  the  Seventh  Church,  John  Woodbridge  and 
the  Bowery  Church,  Erskine  Mason  and  the  Bleecker 
Street  Church,  and  Joseph  D.  Wickham,  all  connected 
with  the  Presbytery  of  New  York. 

The  Synod  granted  their  request,  and  ordered  that  the 
petitioners  be  constituted  a  Presbytery  on  the  4th  of 
January,  1831,  at  the  Central  Church.  It  also  directed 
that  such  other  ministers  and  churches  of  the  Pres-bytery 
of  New  York  as  desired  it  might  be  embraced  in  the 
organization. 

At  the  time  appointed  the  following  additional  ministers 
and  churches  appeared  and  signified  their  wish  to  be  in- 
cluded in  the  new  organization,  namely:  Herman  Norton, 
George  W.  Perkins,  Baker  Johnson,  John  A.  Murray,  and 
Henry  A.  Rowland,  with  Union,  Montreal,  Free,  and  North 
churches.     The   Moderator  then  solemnly  declared  they 


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were  erected  and  constituted  into  a  Presbytery,  to  be 
known  hereafter  as  "  The  Third  Presbytery  of  the  City  of 
New  York."  The  Presbytery  thus  formed  on  the  principle 
of  elective  affinity  began  its  useful  career. 

The  Rev,  William  Patton  was  elected  the  first  modera- 
tor, and  Henry  G,  Ludlow  the  stated  clerk. 

Early  in  the  year  1831  Presbytery  made  arrangements 
for  a  visitation  of  the  churches,  through  committees  of  two 
ministers  and  two  elders  each.  This  evangelistic  work 
proved  to  be  abundantly  successful,  as  witnessed  in  the 
great  revival  which  immediately  succeeded.  In  the  "  Narra- 
tive "  presented  to  Presbytery  in  April  of  this  year,  we  are 
shown  the  cause  and  effect  of  this  work,  "  This  visita- 
tion," it  says,  "  of  all  the  churches  under  the  care  of  this 
Presbytery  by  committees  of  two  ministers  and  two  elders 
each;  days  of  public  fasting,  humiliation,  and  prayer, 
among  the  members  of  every  church  apart,  on  the  day  of 
their  visitation  respectively;  concert  prayer-meetings  in 
different  places  at  break  of  day;  union  meetings  four  and 
sometimes  five  days  in  a  week  and  for  several  weeks  suc- 
cessively, not  without  intermission ;  union  and  parochial 
meetings  for  anxious  inquiry;  faithful  and  affectionate 
appeals  to  individuals;  the  simple  exhibition  of  the  offers, 
promises,  commands,  and  warnings  of  the  gospel,  much  in 
the  very  words  which  the  Holy  Ghost  teacheth,  in  public 
and  in  private,  by  ministers  and  members  of  the  church, 
to  the  thoughts  and  feelings  of  the  ungodly;  and  all  this 
persevered  in,  not  without  wasting  toil,  ardor  of  action, 
constant  and  united  prayer  in  closets  and  in  concerts,  and 
a  deeper  sense  than  previously  of  our  total  dependence  on 
God,  —  these  have  been  briefly  the  measures  pursued  by 
us,  and  which  the  great  Head  of  the  Church  hath  been 
pleased  to  crown  with  his  abundant  grace." 

As  in  the  history  of  all  the  Presbyteries,  the  chief  interest 
clusters  around  churches  and  their  pastors,  and  the  various 
changes  that  occur  in  them.     We  look  first,  then,  at  the 


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original  churches  of  the  Presbytery,  and  afterward  at  those 
organized  and  received  under  its  care. 

On  the  3d  of  February,  1835,  the  Rev.  Samuel  H.  Cox, 
who  had  been  pastor  of  the  Laight  St.  Church  since  Janu- 
LAIGHT  ^^y>  183 1,  was  released  from  his  charge,  and  on  the 
STREET.  23d  of  October  the  Rev.  Flavel  S.  Mines,  who  had 
been  received  from  the  Presbytery  of  the  District  of  Co- 
lumbia, was  installed  pastor.  In  April,  1837,  difficulties  in 
the  church  which  led  to  prolonged  contentions  resulted  in 
the  withdrawal  of  the  church  and  its  pastor  from  the 
Presbytery. 

The  Spring  Street  Church  comes  next.  At  the  time  that 
it  came  into  this  Presbytery  the  Rev.  Henry  G.  Ludlow 
SPRING  was  the  pastor,  and  had  been  such  from  its  organi- 
STREET.  zation  in  1826.  Dr.  Ludlow  was  released  from  his 
charge  on  the  6th  of  April,  1837.  ^^  was  succeeded  by 
the  Rev.  William  Patton,  who  was  installed  on  the  nth  of 
October,  1837.  Dr.  Patton  remained  with  this  church  for 
ten  years,  but  on  account  of  pecuniary  embarrassments, 
which  they  felt  they  could  not  remove.  Dr.  Patton  re- 
signed. This  was  on  the  29th  of  October,  1847.  On  the 
14th  of  September  of  that  year  the  Rev.  Alfred  E.  Camp- 
bell was  installed.  Dr.  Campbell  remained  with  the  church 
till  September  21,  1857,  when  the  relation  was  dissolved. 
The  Rev.  Luther  H.  Van  Doren  was  the  next  pastor.  He 
was  installed  Nov.  24,  1857.  After  two  years  of  discourag- 
ing labor  Mr.  Van  Doren  resigned  his  charge  Nov.  28, 
1859.  The  church  was  on  the  point  of  expiring,  when  on 
the  22d  of  June,  1863,  Mr.  James  D.  Wilson  was  ordained 
and  installed.  His  brief  pastorate  put  new  life  into  the 
church;  but  having  received  a  call  from  the  Central 
Church,  Mr.  Wilson  accepted,  and  was  released  from  this 
charge  March  3,  1869.  At  the  time  of  the  Reunion  this 
church  was  vacant. 

The  Central  Church  is  the  next  on  the  list  of  churches 
that  constituted  the  Third  Presbytery.     The  Rev.  William 


104  THIRD   PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK. 

Patton  was  the  pastor,  and  had  been  such  from  its  organ- 
CENTKAL  ization  in  1822.  Having  been  appointed  Secre- 
CHURCH.  ^aj-y  Qf  ^he  Presbyterian  Education  Society,  Dr. 
Patton  resigned  his  charge  on  the  15th  of  September,  1834. 
He  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  William  Adams,  who  had 
joined  the  Presbytery  from  the  Suffolk  South  Association, 
Mass,  The  church  and  its  pastor  were  set  off  to  the 
Fourth  Presbytery  of  New  York  in  October,  1845. 

The  Rev.  Henry  White,  aftenvards  the  distinguished 
professor  in  the  Union  Theological  Seminary,  was  pastor  of 
ALLEN  the  Allen  St.  Church  at  the  time  of  the  re-organi- 
STREET.  2ation  of  the  Presbytery.  He  resigned  his  charge 
on  the  9th  of  March,  1837.  The  Rev.  William  Bradley  who 
succeeded  him,  was  installed  December  3,  1837.  He  re- 
mained until  April  3,  1839,  when  he  was  released.  The 
Rev.  George  B.  Cheever  who  had  been  received  from  an 
ecclesiastical  council  of  Salem,  Mass.,  was  the  next  pastor, 
being  installed  Oct.  10,  1839.  Dr.  Cheever  remained  until 
April  24,  1844,  when  the  pastoral  relation  was  dissolved. 
The  Rev.  David  B.  Coe  succeeded  Dr.  Cheever,  being  in- 
stalled Oct.  14,  1844.  Mr.  Coe,  having  been  appointed 
District  Secretary  of  the  American  Home  Missionary 
Society,  resigned  his  charge  April  29,  1849.  The  Rev. 
George  Thatcher  was  installed  the  next  pastor  May  26, 
1850,  and  was  released  Oct.  9,  1854.  He  was  followed  by 
the  Rev.  George  C.  Lucas,  installed  Nov.  11,  1855,  and  re- 
leased Nov.  28,  1859.  The  Rev.  William  W.  Newell,  who 
was  the  pastor  at  the  Reunion,  was  installed  Feb.  8,  i860. 

The  early  history  of  the  Seventh  Church  is  a  record  of 
God's  gracious  favor.  The  Rev.  Elihu  W.  Baldwin  was 
SEVENTH  the  pastor  of  the  church  when  it  entered  the  Third 
CHURCH.  Presbytery,  but  having  accepted  the  presidency 
of  Wabash  College  he  resigned  his  charge,  which  took 
effect  on  the  8th  of  April,  1835.  ^^-  Baldwin's  pastorate 
had  been  one  of  continued  and  remarkable  success.  Revi- 
val after  revival  marked  the  history  of  this  church.     On 


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the  2d  of  March,  1836,  the  Rev.  Edwin  F.  Hatfield  was 
installed,  and  remained  in  charge  for  twenty  years.  His 
ministry,  like  that  of  his  predecessor,  was  remarkable  for 
its  revivals  of  religion.  Dr.  Hatfield  was  released  from  his 
charge  Feb.  4,  1856.  The  Rev.  T.  Ralston  Smith,  the  next 
pastor,  was  installed  May  14,  1856.  Dr.  Smith  remained 
until  Oct.  15,  1866,  when  the  relation  was  dissolved.  The 
Rev.  T.  Madison  Dawson  was  installed  pastor  June  12,  1867, 
and  was  in  charge  at  the  time  of  the  Reunion, 

On  the  29th  of  February  1 836  the  Rev.  John  Woodbridge, 
who  had  been  pastor  of  the  Bowery  Church  since  1820, 

_         was  released  from  his  charge,  and  on  the  2d  of 
November  the  same   year  the  Rev.   Richard  W. 
Dickinson  was  installed  the  pastor.      On    account  of  ill- 
health  Dr.  Dickinson  was  released  from  his  charge  April  9, 
1837.     The  church  was  dissolved  April  7,  1841. 

The  Bleecker  St.  Church  with  its  pastor,  the  Rev.  Erskine 
BLEECKER  Mason,  were  set  off  by  Synod  to  the  Fourth  Pres- 
STREET.     bytery  of  New  York  in  October,  1845. 

The  North  Church,  which  had  been  organized  in  1829, 
was  set  ofT  to  this  Presbytery  at  its  erection.  In  the  spring 
NORTH  of  1 83 1  a  trouble  arose  in  this  church  which 
CHURCH,  could  not  be  pacified.  The  Presbytery  therefore 
took  the  matter  in  hand  and  proposed  a  plan  of  adjustment 
which  they  proceeded  to  carry  out  as  follows :  That  a 
division  of  the  church  be  made.  The  part  of  the  congre- 
gation remaining  in  the  edifice  of  the  North  Church  were  to 
retain  the  incorporation ;  those  who  retired  were  to  retain 
the  ecclesiastical  organization.  The  body  reremaining  in 
the  old  edifice  was  to  be  called  "  The  West  Church ;  those 
retiring  were  to  be  organized  as  "The  North  Church." 

This  plan  was  consummated  on  the  ist  of  July,  1831, 
at  which  time  the  Rev.  Ebenezer  Mason  was  installed 
pastor  of  the  North  Church.  Dr.  Mason  remained  in  this 
charge  until  Feb.  5,  1833.  On  the  7th  of  October,  1835, 
the  church  was  dissolved. 


I06  THIRD   PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK. 

The  West  Church  was  more  successful.  On  the  25th  of 
March,  1832,  Mr.  David  R.  Downer  was  ordained  and 
WEST  installed  the  pastor.  On  the  6th  of  October,  1841, 
CHURCH,  ^i^Q  church,  which  had  been  worshipping  in  an 
edifice  in  Carmine  St.,  received  the  name  of  "  The  Carmine 
St.  Presbyterian  Church,"  On  the  15th  of  November  of 
that  year  Mr.  Downer  resigned  his  charge,  and  was  suc- 
ceeded by  the  Rev.  Edwin  Holt,  who  was  installed  March 
23,  1842.  In  October,  1845,  the  church  was  set  off  to  the 
Fourth  Presbytery  of  New  York. 

The  Union  Church,  which  came  into  the  Presbytery  on 

its  erection,  has  a  short  history.     It  was  organized  in  1829. 

UNION     On  the  9th  of  April,  1835,  the  pastoral  relation  of 

CHURCH.  ^^Q    Rev.  Herman  Norton  was  dissolved,  and  on 

the  4th  of  April,  1839,  the  church  was  disbanded. 

An  account  of  the  American  church  at  Montreal, 
Canada,  will  be  found  in  the  history  of  the  Presbytery  of 

New  York.     At  the  time  of  its   coming  under 
MONTREAL,  _     ^ 

the  care  of  this  Presbytery  the  Rev.  George  W. 

Perkins  was  the  pastor.  Mr.  Perkins  resigned  his  charge 
on  the  2d  of  September,  1839,  and  was  succeeded  by  the 
Rev.  Caleb  Strong,  who  was  installed  Sept.  29,  1839. 
Mr,  Strong  died  at  his  post  Jan,  4,  1847,  On  the  7th  of 
November,  1847,  the  Rev,  John  McLeod  was  installed, 
Mr.  McLeod  was  released  from  his  charge  Feb,  2,  1857. 
The  next  pastor  was  the  Rev,  James  B.  Bonar,  who  was 
installed  July  5,  1857,  He  remained  in  charge  until  Jan. 
25,  1869,  when  he  was  released.  At  the  time  of  the  Re- 
union this  church  was  vacant. 

The  First  Free  Church,  sometimes  known  as  the  Dey 
St.  Church,  which  had  come  into  this  Presbytery  from  the 
THE  FIRST    Presbytery  of  New  York,  was  the  first  of  a  num- 

FREE.  ber  of  fi-ee  churches  which  were  afterwards  or- 
ganized, being  the  results  of  the  great  revival.  On  the  i8th 
of  October,  1833,  the  Rev.  Joel  Parker,  who  had  been  its 
pastor  from  the  beginning,  resigned  his  charge  in  order  to 


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take  up  the  same  work  in  New  Orleans.  The  Rev.  Elijah 
E.  Barrows  succeeded  Dr.  Parker,  and  was  installed  July 
26,  1835.    Mr.  Barrows  resigned  on  the  9th  of  March,  1837. 

On  the  23d  of  April,  1838,  the  Broadway  Tabernacle 
Church,  having  adopted  the  Presbyterian  form  of  govern- 
EEOADWAT  ment,  was  taken  under  the  care  of  Presbytery 
TABERNACLE,  and  at  the  same  time  it  was  united  with  the 
First  Free  Church;  and  on  the  28th  of  October,  1839,  the 
Rev.  Joel  Parker  was  installed  the  pastor.  On  the  6th  of 
October,  1841,  the  Rev.  Dr.  Parker  was  released  from  his 
charge,  and  the  church  asked  that  Synod  be  requested  to 
set  them  off  to  the  Second  Presbytery  of  New  York.  I 
find  no  record  in  the  minutes  of  the  Second  Presbytery  of 
the  reception  of  this  church. 

The  Second  Avenue  Church,  originally  called  the 
Branch  Church,  at  the  corner  of  Stanton  and  Essex 
SECOND  streets,  was  organized  January  8,  1831,  and  re- 
AVENUE.  ceived  January  13.  On  the  22d  of  June,  1832, 
the  Rev.  John  A.  Murray  was  installed.  He  was  released 
Oct.  8,  1834.  On  the  5th  of  June,  1835,  the  Rev.  Charles 
S.  Porter  was  installed.  He  resigned  Nov.  15,  1841.  On 
the  5th  of  April,  1843,  the  name  of  the  church  was  changed 
to  the  Sixth  Street  Church.  On  the  21st  of  June,  1843, 
Mr.  Horace  Eaton  was  ordained  and  installed  the  pastor. 
The  church  was  set  off  to  the  Fourth  Presbytery  of  New 
York  in  October,  1845. 

On  the  14th  of  February,  1832,  the  Second  Free  Church 
(Chatham  Chapel),  composed  chiefly  of  members  from 
THE  SECOND    the  First  Free  Church,  was  organized,  and  on 

TREE.  the  28th  of  September  the  Rev.  Charles  G. 
Finney  was  installed  pastor.  The  labor  connected  with 
this  church  becoming  too  great  for  the  strength  of  one 
man,  the  Rev.  John  Ingersoll  was  on  the  2d  of  April,  1834, 
installed  associate  pastor.  Mr.  Ingersoll  remained  until 
Feb.  4,  1835,  when  he  resigned,  and  on  the  2d  of  March, 
1836,  Dr.  Finney  was  released. 


I08  THIRD   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW  YORK. 

The  church  becoming  congregational  in  its  form  of  gov- 
ernment, its  name  was  erased  from  the  roll  of  churches  on 
the  13th  of  June,  1836. 

The  Third  Free,  or  Houston  St.  Church,  was  organized 
and  enrolled  Feb.  5,  1833,  and  on  the  loth  the  Rev.  Dirck 
THE  THIED    C.  Lansing  was  installed  pastor.     Mr.  Lansing 

IEEE.  resigned  July  23,  1835;  and  on  the  23d  of 
August  the  Rev.  Nathaniel  E.  Johnson  was  installed.  Mr. 
Johnson  remained  till  April  23,  1838,  when  he  was  released. 
On  the  24th  of  April,  1839,  Mr.  Samuel  D.  Burchard,  a 
licentiate  of  Transylvania  Presbytery,  was  ordained  and 
installed.  Mr.  Burchard  remained  in  charge  until  May  27, 
1846,  when  having  accepted  a  call  to  the  Thirteenth  Street 
Church,  a  colony  from  this  church,  he  was  released.  On 
the  14th  of  October,  1846,  the  Rev.  Selden  Haynes  was 
installed  pastor.  The  pastoral  relation  was  dissolved 
October  6,  1848.  On  the  2d  of  March,  1849,  the  Rev.  R. 
S.  Storrs  Dickinson  was  installed  pastor,  remaining  until 
May  10,  1853,  when  he  was  released.  He  was  followed 
by  the  Rev.  T.  Ralston  Smith,  who  was  installed  Nov,  2, 
1853.  Dr.  Smith,  having  accepted  a  call  to  the  Seventh 
Church,  was  released  from  this  charge  April  28,  1856. 
The  church  was  dissolved  April  19,  1858. 

The  Welch  Congregation,  which  worshipped  in  a  build- 
ing in  Mott  St.  near  Spring,  was  organized  as  a  Presby- 
WELCH  terian  church  July  14,  1833,  and  its  pastor,  Rev. 
CHURCH.  Jenkin  Jenkins,  being  a  foreign  minister,  was  re- 
ceived by  Presbytery  on  probation.  The  church  was  set 
off  by  Synod  in  October,  1845,  to  the  Fourth  Presbytery 
of  New  York. 

The  Fourth  Free  Church,  a  colony  from  the  Second 
Free  Church,  was  received  April  9,  1834,  and  the  Rev. 
THE  FOURTH   Isaac  N.  Sprague  was  installed  its  pastor  on 

FREE.  |-i-,g  J 2th  of  October  following.  Mr.  Sprague 
was  released  April  5,  1836.  On  the  i8th  of  January, 
1837,  the  Rev.  Joel  Mann  was  installed.     Mr.  Mann  re- 


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mained  less  than  a  year,  resigning  June  11,  1838.  On  the 
lOth  of  October  the  Rev.  James  J.  Ostrom  was  installed, 
but  on  account  of  difficulties  which  had  arisen  in  the 
church,  he  resigned  his  charge  June  i,  1840.  On  the 
26th  of  October  following  the  church  withdrew  from 
Presbytery. 

The  Village  Church  was  organized  Dec.  29,  1833,  and 
was  received  by  Presbytery  Jan.  13,  1834.  On  the  22d  of 
^gj,  June  the  Rev.  William  Page  was  installed  pastor, 
VILLAGE  and  was  released  from  his  charge  Oct.  6,  1835. 
CHURCH.  Q„  ^.j^g  22d  of  March,  1836,  Mr.  Daniel  Clark  was 
ordained  and  installed  pastor.  On  April  4,  1838,  he  was 
released  from  his  charge.  On  the  9th  of  November,  1840, 
the  Rev.  Daniel  Brown  was  installed.  Mr.  Brown  was 
released  Oct.  6,  1841,  and  the  church  was  dissolved  April 

7.  1843. 

On  the  13th  of  January,  1834,  a  German  Reformed  Con- 
gregation asked  to  be  received  under  the  care  of  Presby- 
GEEMAH  tery.  The  request  was  granted  and  the  church 
CHUECH.  enrolled.  On  the  15th  of  November,  1834,  the 
Rev.  George  Mills  was  received  from  the  Synod  of  the 
German  Church  of  Pennsylvania,  and  installed  the  pastor. 
On  the  i6th  of  October,  1837,  Presbytery  was  informed 
that  the  church  and  its  pastor  had  joined  the  Episcopal 
Church.  The  minister  and  church  were  accordingly 
dropped  from  the  roll  of  Presbytery. 

The  Brainerd  Church  was  organized  April  8,  1834,  and 
on  the  2d  of  November  the  Rev.  Asa  D.  Smith  was  in- 
BEAINEKD  stalled  pastor.  Dr.  Smith  was  released  May  26, 
CHUECE  1851,  to  become  pastor  of  the  Fourteenth  St. 
Church,  which  had  been  recently  organized.  Most  of  the 
members  of  this  church  connected  themselves  with  the 
new  organization,  and  the  Brainerd  Church  was  dis- 
solved. 

The  Manhattan  Island  Church  was  organized  and  re- 
ceived June  10,  1834,  and  on  the  15th  Mr.  John  J.  Slocum 


no  THIRD   PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK. 

was  ordained  and  installed.  Mr.  Slocum  was  released 
MANHATTAN  Oct.  26,  1 836,  giving  as  a  reason  for  his  resig- 

ISLAND.  nation  that  he  had  become  so  involved  in  the 
Catholic  controversy  as  to  find  himself  unable  to  dis- 
charge his  pastoral  duties  in  a  proper  manner. 

There  is  no  record  of  the  dissolution  of  this  church,  but 
as  many  of  its  members  were  among  the  applicants  for  the 
organization  of  the  Eleventh  Church,  it  is  probable  that  it 
was  absorbed  by  that  body. 

The  Brooklyn  Third  Church  was  organized  and  received 
on  the  22d  of  April,  1835,  ^^^  ^^  the  same  day  Mr.  Rollin 
BEOOKLTN  S.  Stone  was  ordained  and  installed  the  pastor. 
THIRD,  Mr.  Stone  having  resigned  his  charge  on  the  5th 
of  April,  1837,  the  Rev.  William  B.  Lewis  was  on  the  lOth 
of  October  installed  as  pastor.  The  church  and  its  pastor 
were  set  off  by  Synod  to  the  Presbytery  of  Brooklyn  in 
October,  1838. 

The  Mercer  Street  Church  was  organized  and  received 
October  23,  1835,  and  on  the  nth  of  November  the  Rev. 
MERGER  Thomas  H.  Skinner  was  installed  pastor.  Dr. 
STREET.  Skinner,  having  been  appointed  a  professor  in  the 
Union  Theological  Seminary,  resigned  his  charge  Feb.  29, 
1848.  On  the  1 8th  of  June  the  Rev.  Joseph  C.  Stiles,  of 
the  Presbytery  of  Hanover,  was  received  and  installed. 
Dr.  Stiles  having  resigned  his  charge  May  3,  1858,  the 
Rev.  Walter  Clark  was  installed  pastor  Feb.  16,  1859.  Dr. 
Clark  was  released  Dec.  26,  i860,  and  was  succeeded  by 
the  Rev.  Robert  R.  Booth,  who  was  installed  March  6, 
1 861,  and  was  still  the  pastor  at  the  Reunion. 

The  Madison  Street  Church  was  organized  August  12, 
1836,  and  enrolled  October  5.  Mr.  James  W.  McLane 
MADISON  was  ordained  and  installed  the  first  pastor  Nov.  4, 
STREET.  1836.  On  the  1st  of  May,  1844,  he  was  released 
from  his  charge.  The  Rev.  Daniel  T.  Bagg  succeeded  him, 
being  installed  April  18,  1845.  '^^e  church  was  setoff  to 
the  Fourth  Presbytery  of  New  York  in  October,  1845. 


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On  the  13th  of  April,  1837,  the  Rose  Hill  Church,  called 

also  the  Tenth  Church,  was  organized  and  enrolled.     The 

Rev.  Shubael  G.  Specs  was  installed  pastor  May 

KOSE  HILLi  r>       r.  •!»  T  r-  •  1  •  1        -r-x 

13,  1838.  Mr.  Specs  remanied  until  Dec.  31, 
1840,  when  he  resigned.  He  was  followed  by  the  Rev. 
Charles  P.  Bush,  who  was  installed  Nov.  15,  1841,  and 
was  released  from  his  charge  Oct.  9,  1845.  0^^  the  28th 
of  January,  1846,  the  Rev.  James  Knox  was  installed.  The 
church  never  prospered,  although  it  had  able  men  for 
pastors.  It  worshipped  in  a  little  building  in  East  Twenty- 
second  Street.     The  church  was  dissolved  July  19,  1852. 

A  committee  appointed  for  the  purpose  organized  the 
Fourth  Presbyterian  Church  in  Brooklyn,  on  the  20th  of 
BROOKLYN  April,  1 838.  This  is  the  only  notice  of  the 
rouETH.  church  on  the  minutes.  It  was  probably  set  off 
to  the  Presbytery  of  Brooklyn  soon  after  its  organization. 

The  First  Church  of  Somers  was  taken  under  the  care  of 
Presbytery  April  3,  1839.  On  the  17th  of  April,  1847,  the 
Rev.  George  Monilaus  was  installed  pastor.  On  the  4th  of 
April,  1848,  Mr.  Monilaus  departed  this  life.  I  do  not  find 
that  it  ever  had  another  regular  pastor  while  it  remained 
in  the  Presbytery.  On  the  i6th  of  October,  1866,  the 
church  was  transferred  to  the  Presbytery  of  North  River. 

On  the  13th  of  May,  1839,  the  Eleventh  Church  was 
organized,  and  on  the  14th  of  October  the  Rev.  Mason 
ELEVENTH  Noble,  of  the  Presbytery  of  the  District  of  Co- 
CHURCH.  lumbia,  was  installed.  In  October,  1845,  the 
church  and  pastor  were  set  off  to  the  Fourth  Presbytery  of 
New  York. 

The  First  Colored  Church  with  its  pastor,  the  Rev. 
Theodore  S.  Wright,  wei^e  received  Oct.  16,  1839.  ^^• 
FIRST  Wright  died  March  25,  1847.  During  several 
COLORED,  years  this  church  was  in  an  embarrassed  condi- 
tion. In  1848  their  old  building  was  sold,  and  an  edifice  in 
Prince  St.  was  purchased  by  them.  On  the  loth  of  March, 
1848,  the   Rev.  James   C.  W.  Pennington   was    installed. 


112  THIRD   PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK. 

Dr.  Pennington  resigned  Feb.  25,  1856.  On  the  3d  of 
November,  1857,  the  Rev.  Henry  H.  Garnet  was  installed. 
Mr.  Garnet  was  released  April  11,  1864,  and  was  suc- 
ceeded by  the  Rev.  J.  Sella  Martin,  who  was  installed 
March  22,  1865.  Mr.  Martin  resigned  April  16,  1866, 
when  the  Rev.  Henry  H.  Garnet  was  recalled,  and  installed 
May  27,  1867. 

The  church  at  Haverstraw  was  received  March  10,  1840, 
and  the  same  day  Mr,  George  Hildreth  was  ordained  and 

„    installed.      The    church   and   its   pastor  were 
HAVERSTEAW.  ^ 

transferred  to  another  Presbytery  by  Synod 

in  October,  1841,  but  the  name  of  the  Presbytery  is  not  on 
record. 

On  the  29th  of  June,  1844,  a  church  at  Harlem  was  or- 
ganized, and  was  enrolled  by  Presbytery  on  the  14th  of 

October.     Rev.  Ezra  H.  Gillett  was  ordained  and 
EAELEM. 

installed  as  pastor  April   16,   1845.     The  church 

and  pastor  were  set  off  to  the  Fourth  Presbytery  of  New 

York  in  October,  1845. 

The   Bloomingdale    Church   was   organized  March   17, 

1845,    and   was    recognized    by   Presbytery 

BLOOMINGDALE      ,      ^.'  ^,  ,      "^ ,  ,  /  ,/ 

April  lb.      ihe  church  was  always  feeble, 

and  never  had  a  settled  pastor.     It  was  dissolved  April  8, 

1856. 

A  colony  from  the  Houston  St.  Church,  formerly  known 
as  the  Third  Free  Church,  was  organized  on  the  27th  of 
THIRTEENTH  May,  1 846,  under  the  title  of  the  Thirteenth 
STEEET.  Street  Church,  and  the  Rev.  Samuel  D.  Bur- 
chard  was  installed  its  pastor  on  the  3d  of  June.  Dr. 
Burchard  was  still  the  pastor  at  the  Reunion. 

The  North  Church,  the  second  of  that  name  connected 
with  the  Presbytery,  was  organized  in  June,  1847,  and  was 
NOETH  enrolled  on  the  4th  of  October.  On  the  6th  of 
CHUEOH.  May,  1849,  the  Rev.  Washington  Roosevelt  was 
installed  pastor.  He  was  released  from  the  charge  June 
14,  1856.     On  the  13th  of  February,  1856,  the  Rev.  Edwin 


THIRD   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW   YORK.  II3 

F.  Hatfield  was  installed.  Dr.  Hatfield  was  released  May 
25,  1864,  and  on  the  same  day  the  Rev.  Thomas  Street 
was  installed  the  pastor. 

The  West  Hoboken  Church,  N.  J.,  was  organized  June  12, 

1850,  and  on  the  13th  of  May,  1855,  Mr.  James  C.  Egbert 

WEST      was  ordained  and  installed.     At  the  Reunion  the 

HOBOKEN.  church   and    pastor  became  connected  with   the 

Presbytery  of  Jersey  City. 

On  the  26th  of  May,  185 1,  the  Brainerd  and  the  Sixth 
St.  Churches  were  united  and  formed  the  Fourteenth  St. 
rouRTEENTH  Church,  which  was  received  by  Presbytery  and 

STREET.  enrolled,  and  on  the  26th  of  July  the  Rev.  Asa 
D.  Smith  was  installed  pastor.  Dr.  Smith,  having  been 
appointed  President  of  Dartmouth  College,  N.  H.,  re- 
signed his  charge  Nov.  9,  1863.  He  was  succeeded  by 
the  Rev.  Edward  W.  Hitchcock,  who  was  installed  April 
8,  1866. 

The  Second  Church  of  Jersey  City  was  received  April  5, 
1852,  and  on  the  30th  the  Rev.  Charles  Hoover  was  in- 
JEESET  stalled  the  pastor.  Mr.  Hoover  resigned  Nov.  28, 
CITY  1859,  and  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  George  C. 
Lucas,  who  was  installed  April  16,  i860.  On  ac- 
count of  ill  health  Mr.  Lucas  was  released  Nov.  16,  1863. 
On  the  13th  of  October,  1864,  Mr.  James  M.  Stevenson  was 
ordained  and  installed  pastor.  The  church  and  pastor  at 
the  Reunion  became  connected  with  the  Presbytery  of 
Jersey  City. 

The  First  Church  of  Yonkers  was  received  May  3,  1852, 

with  its  pastor,  the  Rev.  Dwight  M.  Seward.     Dr.  Seward 

resigned    the    charge    Tune   20,    1870.      At    the 
TONKEES.    ^^.  ,.       ,  ,,  ,.,, 

Reunion  this  church  became  connected  with  the 

Presbytery  of  Westchester. 

The    First    Church    of   Hoboken    was    organized    and 

HOBOKEN    received  June  9,  1852.      On   the  nth  of  June, 

riEST.      1854,   the   Rev.   Isaac    P.  Stryker  was    installed 

pastor.     Mr.  Stryker  resigned  the  charge  April  7,  1856, 


114  THIRD   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW   YORK. 

and  was  succeeded  by  Mr,  William  H.  Babbitt,  who  was 

ordained  and  installed  Jan.  31,   1857.     Mr.  Babbitt  was 

released  July  22,  1867.    On  the  5th  of  December,  1867,  the 

Rev.  Edward  P.  Gardner  was  installed.     This  church  and 

its  pastor  became  connected  with  the  Presbytery  of  Jersey 

City  at  the  Reunion. 

The  German  Church  in  Rivington  Street  was  organized 

Dec.  19,  1852,  and  enrolled  Jan.  17,  1853.     On  the  6th  of 

„„.„    February  the  Rev.  Henry  Toelke  was  installed. 

GERMAN.  ^  '' 

Mr.    Toelke    was    deposed    Oct.    3,    1864.      The 

church  was  probably  disbanded,  as  we  find  no  notice  of  it 

afterwards, 

A  church  at  Stamford,  Ct.,was  organized  Feb.  25,  1853, 

and  enrolled  March  i.     On  the  15th  of  April,  1853,  the 

Rev.  James  L.  Corning  was  installed  the  pastor. 
STAMFORD.    ,,      /        .  •  ,  ^t  o    .r         j  1 

Mr.  Lornmg  resigned  JN'ov.  3,  1850,  and  on  the 

4th  of  March,  1857,  the  Rev.  Robert  R.  Booth  was  installed. 
Dr.  Booth  was  released  Feb.  18,  1861.  On  the  14th  of 
April,  1862,  the  Rev.  Dwight  R.  Bartlett  was  installed.  Mr. 
Bartlett  resigned  on  the  22d  of  February,  1864,  and  w^as 
succeeded  by  the  Rev,  Samuel  P,  Halsey,  who  was  in- 
stalled March  13,  1865,  Mr,  Halsey  resigned  Feb.  18, 
1867,  On  the  30th  of  April,  1868,  the  Rev,  Alexander 
Twombly  was  installed.  The  church  and  pastor  became 
connected  with  the  Presbytery  of  Westchester  at  the 
Reunion, 

The    Sixth    Street   Church   was   organized    March    23, 

1853,    and   was    enrolled    April   4.      The    Rev.    Franklin 

S.  Howe  was  installed   pastor   on   the    i8th 

SIXTH  STREET.        r    \       •<        r~^        i  .i        r    \       -i        r~,  i 

of  April.  On  the  15th  of  April,  1854,  the 
pastoral  relation  was  dissolved.  On  the  1st  of  Nov- 
ember, 1858,  the  name  of  the  church  was  changed  to 
"  The  First  Street  Church."  The  church  was  dissolved 
April  25,  1866. 

On  the    15th  of  January,  1854,  the  Second   Church  of 
Greensburg  was  organized,  and  on  the  23d  it  was  enrolled. 


THIRD   PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW   YORK.  I15 

On  the  17th  of  December  the  Rev.  Charles  K.  McHarg 

was  installed.     Mr.  McHarg  resigned  Nov.  21, 

1864,  and  on  the  6th  of  July,  1865,  Mr.  John 

Dewitt  was  ordained  and  installed.     At  the  Reunion  the 

church  and  its  pastor  were  transferred  to  the  Presbytery 

of  Westchester 

The  Union  Presbyterian  Church  of  Upper  Morrisania, 

afterwards  known  as  the  Tremont  Church,  was  organized 

and  enrolled  Nov.  8,  1854.     On  the  4th  of  June, 
TREMONT.      „    ^     ,^      ^,       ,        /.    ,,,   „  ,    .        , 

1856,  Mr.  Charles  C.  Wallace  was  ordained  and 

installed  pastor.  Mr.  Wallace  was  released  Feb.  2,  i860. 
On  the  17th  of  September,  1863,  Mr.  Alexander  Nesbitt 
was  ordained  and  installed.  At  the  Reunion  the  church 
and  its  pastor  were  transferred  to  the  Presbytery  of  West- 
chester. 

Clifton  Church,  S.  I.,  was  organized  and  enrolled  on  the 
8th  of  July,  1856,  and  on  the  5th  of  November  Mr.  Alonzo 

Brown  was  ordained  and    installed.      Mr.  Brown 
CLIPTON.  ,  ,  ,  ,      r^T 

was  released  on  the  30th  of  November  of  the  next 

year.     On  the  4th  of  October,  1858,  the  Rev.  Samuel  W. 

Crittenden   was    installed.      The    church   withdrew   from 

Presbytery  Feb.  2,  i860,  putting  itself  under  the  care  of 

the  Presbytery  of  New  York. 

The  North  West  Church  was  organized  Oct.  30,  1856, 
and  enrolled  Nov.  3.  The  Rev.  Luther  H.  Van  Doren  was 
NORTH  installed  Dec.  4,  1859.  The  church  withdrew  from 
WEST.  Presbytery  Oct.  i,  i860,  connecting  itself  with  the 
Presbytery  of  New  York. 

The  Second  Colored  Church  of  Newtown  was  received 
March  9,  1857,  and  on  the  i6th  of  April  the  Rev.  Benjamin 
NEWTOWN  Lynch  was  installed.  The  church  soon  after 
COLORED,    ^as  struck  from  the  roll. 

The  Westminster  Church,  Yonkers,  was  received  Feb, 

YONKERS  IS>  1858,  and  on  the  17th  Mr.  Rollin  A. 
WESTMINSTER.  Sawyer  was  ordained  and  installed.  Mr. 
Sawyer  was  released  April  2,  1862.     The  church  withdrew 


Il6  THIRD   PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK. 

and  joined  the  Second  Presbytery  of  New  York  April  6, 

1863. 

The  Bergen  Church  was  organized  Oct.  24,  1856,  and 

enrolled  Nov.  3.     On  the  15th  of  January,  1857,  the  Rev. 

Edward  W.  French  was  installed.    At  the  Reunion 
BERGEN.      ,  ,         ,  ,  ^  ,  , 

the   church   and    pastor  were   transferred   to   the 

Presbytery  of  Jersey  City. 

The  West  Fiftieth  Street  Church  was  organized  Dec.  16, 

"WEST      1863,  and  enrolled  Feb.   15,  1864.     On  the   i8th 

PIFTrETH  the  Rev.  Samuel  B.  Bell  was  installed.     On  the 

STREET,    jg^  Qf  October,  1866,  Mr.  Bell  resigned,  and  on 

the  6th  of  April,  1869,  the  church  was  dissolved. 

The  Claremont  Church,  N.  J.,  was  organized  Feb.  15, 

1870;   and  on  the  31st  of  May,  1870,  the  Rev.  Samuel  W. 

„^.„„ Dufifield  was  installed.      At  the  Reunion   this 

CLAREMONT.      ,         ,        .  ,     .  r  ■,  ■, 

church  with  its  pastor  were  transferred  to  the 
Presbytery  of  Jersey  City. 

During  the  history  of  this  Presbytery  three  hundred 
and  eight  young  men  were  licensed,  seventy-four  of  whom 
were  ordained  sine  titiilo.  Many  of  these,  especially  in  the 
early  history  of  the  Presbytery  were  sent  out  by  the 
American  Home  Missionary  Society,  into  our'  growing 
western  countries,  and  were  under  God  the  means  of 
greatly  widening  and  strengthening  our  church.  Many  of 
these  men  afterwards  became  eminent  in  our  own  and  in 
other  churches,  and  some  of  them  are  still  among  us  in 
our  own  Presbytery  valiantly  contending  for  the  faith.  A 
list  of  these  licentiates  and  the  date  of  their  licensure  will 
be  found  at  the  end  of  this  history. 

Of  the  fifty-two  churches  which  have  been  connected 

with  this  Presbytery,  twelve  are  still  under  the  care  of  the 

Presbytery  of  New  York;   fourteen  are  still  in  existence, 

but  connected  with   other  Presbyteries,  while  twenty-six 

have  been  dissolved  or  have  joined  other  denominations. 

rpT-iurB      >  nr.       '^^^  evils  of  Intempcrauce  have  always  been 

TEMPERANCE.  .  -i  •      -r-«       1  j 

a  subject  of  concern  to  this  Presbytery,  and 


THIRD   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW  YORK.  II7 

as  it  forms  an  important  part  of  the  history,  I  give  the 
action  of  Presbytery  in  detail. 

On  the  6th  of  December,  1832,  the  following  action  was 
taken:  "As  the  use  of  ardent  spirits  as  a  drink  is  not 
only  needless  but  hurtful ;  as  it  tends  to  form  intemperate 
habits  and  appetites;  and  while  it  is  continued  the  evils 
of  intemperance  will  be  perpetuated ;  as  it  causes  a  great 
portion  of  the  pauperism,  crime,  and  wretchedness  of  the 
community;  increases  greatly  the  number  and  severity 
of  diseases;  deprives  many  of  reason,  and  brings  down 
multitudes  to  an  untimely  grave;  and  tends  to  prevent 
the  efficacy  of  the  gospel,  and  ruins  men  for  time  and 
eternity,  — 

"  Therefore  Resolved  unanimously :  — 

"  I.  That  in  the  judgment  of  this  Presbytery  the  traffic  in 
ardent  spirits  as  a  drink  is  a  sin,  and  ought  to  be  univer- 
sally abandoned. 

"  2.  That  those  members  of  Christian  churches  who  con- 
tinue to  be  engaged  in  the  traffic  of  ardent  spirits  as  a 
drink,  are  in  our  view  violating  the  principles  and  require- 
ments of  the  Christian  religion,  grieving  the  brethren  in 
the  Lord,  and  doing  a  great  injury  to  themselves  and  their 
fellow-men." 

At  a  meeting  held  in  October,  1833,  Presbytery  in  almost 
identical  words  re-enacted  the  action  already  recorded. 

In  1834  Mr,  E.  C.  Delevan  wrote  a  letter  requesting  the 
views  of  this  Presbytery  on  the  traffic.  Whereupon  the 
following  resolutions  were  adopted :  — 

"  I.  Resolved:  That  in  the  opinion  of  this  Presbytery 
the  traffic  in  ardent  spirits  is  an  immorality. 

"  2,  That  this  is  a  sufficient  reason  why  spirit-dealing 
should  always  be  viewed  as  an  obstruction  to  church 
membership  in  our  churches. 

"  3.  That  no  member  of  the  church  with  the  light  we 
now  enjoy  can  be  justified,  under  any  circumstances,  in 
resorting  to  this  traffic." 


Il8  THIRD   PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK. 

No  further  action  was  taken  on  this  subject  until  April 
10,  1848,  when  the  following  preamble  and  resolution  were 
adopted :  — 

"  Whereas,  in  view  of  the  great  if  not  increasing  preva- 
lence of  intemperance  in  this  community,  with  its  opposi- 
tion to  the  gospel  and  its  destructive  influence  upon  the 
temporal  and  eternal  interests  of  men,  it  is  incumbent  on 
this  Presbytery  to  take  some  definite  and  united  action  to 
resist  the  progress  of  this  fearful  evil,  — 

"Therefore  Resolved:  That  it  be  recommended  to  the 
pastors  of  our  churches  to  preach  to  their  people  on  the 
evils  of  intemperance,  urging  upon  them,  wherever  deemed 
expedient,  the  formation  of  congregational  temperance 
societies,  and  ward  or  district  associations ;  also  to  stimulate 
the  members  of  their  respective  churches  and  congrega- 
tions to  active  and  faithful  labors  in  this  cause,  so  that  this 
formidable  obstruction  to  the  spread  of  the  gospel  within 
their  several  localities  may  be  removed." 

In  October,  185 1,  Presbytery  was  led  to  make  still  another 
deliverance  on  this  subject,  much  in  the  manner  of  its 
former  action,  but  expressing  the  desire  that  the  legisla- 
ture of  this  State,  as  in  the  case  of  Maine,  might  adopt 
measures  easily  adapted  to  the  condition  of  our  commun- 
ity, and  that  should  be  conducive  to  the  end  sought. 

In  April,  1854,  Presbytery  took  still  further  action  in 
reference  to  temperance ;  among  others  they  adopted  this 
resolution  :  "  that  they  would  repeat  the  expression  of  their 
earnest  desire  that  a  statute  embodying  substantially  the 
principles  of  the  '  Maine  Law,*  so-called,  may  be  enacted 
by  the  legislature  of  this  State,  and  their  full  persuasion 
that  such  a  law  would  be  greatly  conducive  to  both  the 
material  and  the  moral  interests  of  the  commonwealth." 

In  July,  1855,  they  expressed  their  gratitude  to  Almighty 
God  for  the  passage  by  the  legislature  of  an  "  Act  for  the 
prevention  of  Intemperance,  Pauperism,  and  Crime,"  and 
urge  upon  the  members  of  our  churches  a  faithful  observ- 


THIRD   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW  YORK.  II9 

ance  of  this  statute.  In  January,  1857,  they  again  consider 
the  subject  of  temperance,  and  appeal  to  the  legislature 
for  relief,  —  taking  occasion  to  say  that  they  have  no  confi- 
dence whatever  in  the  old  system  of  licensing  the  traf- 
fic for  a  pecuniary  consideration,  and  deprecate  most 
seriously  a  return  to  it;  believing  that  the  authority  of 
the  State  thus  given  renders  the  business  respectable, 
and  throws  around  it  the  sanction  and  the  majesty  of  the 
law. 

The  last  action  taken  by  the  Presbytery  on  this  subject 
was  in  November,  1869,  remonstrating  against  the  exemp- 
tion of  lager  beer  from  the  restrictions  imposed  on  intoxi- 
cating liquors  in  the  Metropolitan  Excise  Law. 

The  history  of  this  Presbytery  would  not  be  fairly  pre- 
sented should  their  action  on  the  subject  of  slavery  be 
overlooked. 

In  April,  1836,  some  resolutions  were  laid  before  Presby- 
tery by  the  Laight  St.  Church,  in  which  alarm  is  expressed 

that  the  General  Assembly  has  reached  a  retro- 
SLAVERT.  ,  .       ,  .         ^  r  1  ,  , 

grade  movement  m  this  matter  "  from  the  noble 

stand  heretofore  taken  by  the  fathers  in  the  church."     In 

answer  to  these    resolutions  the  Presbytery  replies   that 

since  their  date  the  Assembly  has  taken  action ;  and  that 

nothing  further  from  Presbytery  is  necessary. 

Nothing  further  on  this  subject  appears  in  Presbytery 
until  1854,  when  a  memorial  from  the  Presbytery  of  Win- 
chester was  presented ;  which  was  referred  without  action 
to  the  Synod  of  New  York  and  New  Jersey. 

In  May,  1857,  a  circular  on  emigration  to  Liberia  and 
emancipation  in  the  United  States  gave  rise  to  a  warm 
and  earnest  debate,  and  finally  to  the  adoption  of  a  memo- 
rial to  the  General  Assembly.  The  memorial  is  too  long 
to  be  inserted  here.  It  is  chiefly  occupied  in  answering 
the  misrepresentations  which  have  been  made  in  regard  to 
the  views  of  the  church  on  this  subject;  and  it  concludes 
by  asking   the    General   Assembly  about   to  convene  to 


120  THIRD    PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW  YORK. 

make  so  definite  an  expression  of  their  views,  and  to  take 
such  decided  action  in  regard  to  this  whole  subject  as  to 
take  away  the  reproach  which  they  think  is  brought  upon 
them,  and  "  to  show  effectually  to  all  the  world  their 
utter  disapprobation  of  the  whole  subject  of  American 
slavery." 

In  the  spring  of  1834  the  Presbytery  for  the  first  time  con- 
sidered the  question  of  supplying  the  destitution  of  the 
CHURCH  city  with  the  gospel.  In  the  origin  of  this  work 
EXTENSION,  they  operated  through  the  American  Home 
Missionary  Society,  who  appointed  and  supported  the 
men  who  were  appointed  to  this  work.  But  in  1846  the 
question  of  assuming  this  work  themselves  was  considered, 
and  a  committee  was  appointed  to  digest  and  present  a 
plan  for  action.  In  April,  1847,  this  committee  reported 
a  scheme,  which  was  considered  at  a  joint  meeting  of 
the  Third  and  Fourth  Presbyteries ;  and  which  led  to  the 
formation  of  "  The  City  Mission  Association  of  the  Third 
and  Fourth  Presbyteries  of  New  York,"  The  object  of 
this  association  as  stated  in  its  constitution  was  "  to 
encourage  the  gathering  of  congregations,  the  establish- 
ment of  new  churches,  and  the  support  of  feeble  churches 
already  in  existence  in  the  city  of  New  York." 

How  long  this  association  existed  is  not  on  record,  nor 
any  notice  of  the  work  accomplished  by  it.  But  in  Octo- 
ber, 1 85 1,  a  committee  of  church  extension  which  had 
been  previously  appointed,  perhaps  superseding  "  The 
City  Mission  Association,"  presented  the  following  pre- 
amble and  resolution:  — 

"  Whereas  it  is  often  desirable  to  render  assistance  to 
feeble  churches  in  this  city,  —  it  being  against  the  general 
regulations  of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society 
to  aid  city  churches ;  and  whereas  the  attention  of  the 
Presbytery  is  frequently  called  to  positions  within  our 
bounds  where  in  the  rapid  increase  of  population  it  is 
important   to  make  provision  for  establishing  churches ; 


THIRD   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW  YORK.  121 

and  whereas  there  are  obvious  advantages  in  a  systematic 
attention  to  this  subject,  — 

"  Therefore  Resolved,  —  i.  That  it  be  recommended  to 
the  churches  under  the  care  of  this  Presbytery  to  make 
an  annual  contribution  for  the  purpose  of  church  ex- 
tension. 

"  2.  That  a  committee  be  appointed  to  receive  and  appro- 
priate the  moneys  thus  contributed,  —  it  being  understood 
that  each  church  making  a  contribution  shall  have  a  right 
to  determine  the  object  to  which  the  contribution  shall  be 
appropriated." 

In  October,  1855,  the  Presbytery  cordially  approves  the 
action  of  the  General  Assembly  in  forming  a  committee  of 
church  extension,  and  promises  its  support.  But  in  view 
of  the  peculiar  and  pressing  call  for  aid  in  church  exten- 
sion within  its  own  bounds,  recommends  that  one  half  of  the 
sum  contributed  for  this  purpose  be  retained  for  the  use  of 
this  Presbytery. 

This     Presbytery    took    early    action    in    reference    to 

reunion.     At  a  meeting  held  on  the  3d  of  October,  1864, 

^      a  circular  emanating  from  a  meeting:  of  a  large 

EEUNION.  ,  r-n.         ,  .  .     . 

number  of  Presbyterian  mmisters  and  elders  con- 
vened at  Newark,  N.  J.,  in  the  preceding  May,  relative  to 
the  reunion  of  the  two  branches  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  was  considered,  and  it  was  unanimously 

^^  Resolved  :  That  this  Presbytery,  highly  approving  of  the 
object  of  this  circular,  respectfully  refer  it  to  the  consid- 
eration of  the  Synod  of  New  York  and  New  Jersey  at  their 
approaching  meeting,  with  their  earnest  request  that  such 
action  be  taken  as  in  the  wisdom  of  the  Synod  may  be 
deemed  judicious  in  relation  to  the  matters  embraced  in 
the  circular." 

Here  the  matter  rested  until  October  17,  1867,  when 
Presbytery  took  action  on  the  report  of  the  joint  commit- 
tee on  Reunion.  In  view  of  that  report  the  following 
resolution  was  adopted :  — 


122  THIRD   PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK. 

"  That  we  heartily  approve  of  the  report  of  the  joint 
committee,  and  believe  that  a  union  effected  on  the 
principles  therein  proposed  will  be  welcomed  by  our 
whole  church;  but  that  we  are  desirous  that  the  fullest 
opportunity  should  be  given  to  both  branches  of  the 
church  to  become  acquainted  with  each  other's  views 
of  doctrine  and  discipline,  so  that  the  union  may  be 
effected  in  the  spirit  of  entire  confidence,  without  which 
it  would  not  be  desirable.  And  to  this  end  we  urge 
upon  our  churches  to  cultivate  the  utmost  fraternity  of 
feeling  in  their  intercourse  with  the  churches  of  the 
other  branch. 

"Resolved,  further:  That  in  order  more  fully  to  promote 
this  spirit  of  confidence,  we  suggest  to  the  joint  commit- 
tee to  insert  in  the  doctrinal  basis  that  the  Confession  of 
Faith  is  to  be  received  and  adopted,  *  not  merely  as  con- 
taining the  essential  doctrines  of  Christianity,  but  in  the 
Reformed  or  Calvinistic  Sense.'  " 

On  the  28th  of  September,  1868,  the  Presbytery  by 
a  rising  vote  unanimously  adopted  the  basis  of  the 
joint  committee,  contained  in  an  overture  which  had 
been  approved  by  the  two  assemblies  in  the  preceding 
May. 

In  April,  1869,  Presbytery  gave  its  consent  to  several 
amendments  to  the  basis  which  had  been  adopted.  On 
the  27th  of  September,  1869,  final  action  was  taken  on  the 
following  overture  sent  down  by  the  General  Assembly: 
"  Do  you  approve  of  the  reunion  of  the  two  bodies  now 
claiming  the  name  and  rights  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 
in  the  United  States  of  America  on  the  following  basis?  — 
namely:  The  reunion  shall  be  effected  on  the  doctrinal 
and  ecclesiastical  basis  of  our  common  standards;  the 
Scriptures  of  the  Old  and  New  Testaments  shall  be 
acknowledged  to  be  the  inspired  word  of  God,  and  the 
only  infallible  rule  of  faith  and  practice;  the  Confes- 
sion of  Faith  shall  continue  to  be  sincerely  received  and 


THIRD   PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK.  1 23 

adopted  as  containing  the  system  of  doctrine  taught  in 
the  Holy  Scriptures ;  and  the  Government  and  Discipline 
of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States  shall 
be  approved  as  containing  the  principles  and  rules  of  our 
polity." 

Every  member  voted  in  the  affirmative  on  this  overture. 


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THE 


SECOND  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK. 
1 838- 1 870. 


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THE 


SECOND  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK. 
1838-1870. 

AT  a  meeting  of  the  Synod  of  New  York  held  in  New- 
burgh  October  16,  1838,  one  hundred  and  eighty- 
members  answered  to  their  names.  It  appearing  inevitable 
that  a  division  must  occur,  the  matter  was  consummated 
by  a  call  of  the  roll,  when  forty-six  ministers  and  forty-one 
elders  declared  their  adherence  to  the  "  Old  School  As- 
sembly ;  "  and  twenty  ministers  and  fifteen  elders  declared 
their  adherence  to  the  "  New  School  Assembly ;  "  while 
forty-nine,  of  whom  twenty-two  were  ministers,  refused  to 
vote,  holding  that  the  Synod  was  not  competent  to  divide 
itself.  But  it  is  not  necessary  to  go  further  in  this  matter 
except  as  it  has  relation  to  this  Presbytery. 

During  the  intervals  of  Synod  the  Second  Presbytery  of 
New  York  as  then  existing  was  divided,  both  sides  claim- 
ing to  be  the  true  Second  Presbytery,  as  we  have  seen  in 
the  history  of  the  Fourth  Presbytery  of  New  York,  as 
already  narrated. 

The  Synod  of  New  York,  the  majority  of  whom  adhered 
to  the  old  school,  adopted  the  following  declaration, 
namely:  "That  the  Rev.  Joseph  McElroy,  D.  D.,  and 
Messrs.  Ebenezer  K.  Maxwell,  Matthew  T.  Adam,  William 
Bull,  and  Alexander  H.  Phillips,  ministers,  together  with  the 
Scotch  Church,  New  York  City,  and  the  churches  at  Delhi 
and  West  Farms,  be  continued  the  Second  Presbytery  of 


128    .  SECOND   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW   YORK. 

New  York:  and  they  also  recommend  that  the  Rev. 
Edward  D.  Smith  and  the  Eighth  Presbyterian  Church, 
and  the  Canal  St.  Church  of  New  York  City,  Rev.  William 
Marshall,  and  the  church  at  Peekskill,  Rev.  Robert 
McCartee,  D.D.,  and  Messrs.  Robert  Birch  and  Richard  W. 
Dickinson,  ministers,  be  transferred  from  their  respective 
Presbyteries  to  the  Second  Presbytery  of  New  York,  and 
that  the  Second  Presbytery  hold  their  first  meeting  during 
the  session  of  this  body. 

Accordingly,  the  Second  Presbytery  met  agreeably  to 
injunction  of  the  Synod,  in  the  First  Presbyterian  Church 
of  Newburgh,  on  the  17th  of  October. 

There  were  present  at  this  meeting  Revs.  Joseph 
McElroy,  Ebenezer  K.  Maxwell,  Matthew  T.  Adam,  Robert 
McCartee,  William  Marshall,  Richard  W.  Dickinson,  and 
Robert  Birch,  —  with  Elders  William  Wallace,  William  Fut- 
son,  Elijah  T.  Hyatt,  William  Steel,  and  Thomas  Pringle. 
Rev.  Messrs.  Alexander  H.  Phillips  and  William  Bull  were 
absent.  The  first  minister  admitted  to  Presbytery  after  its 
reorganization  was  the  Rev.  William  G.  Johnstone,  from 
the  Consociation  of  Rhode  Island,  and  the  first  minister 
dismissed  was  the  Rev.  Robert  Birch,  to  the  Presbytery  of 
New  Brunswick. 

The  history  of  this  Presbytery  is  chiefly  connected  with 
the  organization  and  reception  of  churches,  the  changes 
which  occurred  in  the  pastorates,  and  the  examination  and 
licensure  of  candidates.  We  take  up  the  churches  in  their 
order  and  notice  the  changes  which  have  occurred. 

The  Canal  St.  Church  was  old  when  the  Presbytery  was 
organized.  Its  origin  and  early  progress  have  already 
CANAL  been  noticed  in  the  history  of  the  Presbytery  of 
STREET.  New  York.  This  church  was  set  off  by  the  Synod 
from  that  Presbytery  to  the  Second  Presbytery  of  New 
York  at  the  time  of  its  organization.  At  this  time  it  was 
vacant,  but  on  the  22d  of  October,  1839,  the  Rev.  Richard 
W.  Dickinson  was    installed   its   pastor.      Dr.  Dickinson 


SECOND   PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK.  1 29 

remained  in  charge  until  December  3,  1844,  when  he  was 
released  on  account  of  failing  health. 

On  the  23d  of  October,  1845,  Mr.  Hugh  S.  Carpenter 
was  ordained  and  installed  pastor.  Mr.  Carpenter  served 
the  church  till  Jan.  26,  1853,  when  the  pastoral  relation 
was  dissolved;  and  on  the  3d  of  January,  1854,  Mr.  Car- 
penter was  dismissed  to  join  the  Presbytery  of  New  York. 
The  church  remained  vacant  until  December  i,  1867,  when 
David  Mitchell  was  ordained  and  installed  its  pastor. 
During  this  vacancy  the  pulpit  was  occupied  by  several 
ministers  of  eminence.  Mr.  Mitchell  was  the  pastor  of  the 
church  at  the  time  of  the  Reunion.  This  church  at  the 
Reunion  was  connected  with  the  Presbytery  of  New  York. 

The  Scotch  Church  was  one  of  the  original  churches 
under  the  care  of  the  Associate  Reformed  Presbytery  of 

SCOTCH      New  York,  which  afterwards  became  the  Second 
OHUEOH.     Presbytery  of  New  York,   and  was  under  that 
name  connected  with  the  General  Assembly.     At  the  dis- 
ruption its  name  was  changed  to  "  The  Fourth  Presbytery 
of  New  York."     Its  history  has  already  been  given. 

On  the  organization  of  the  Second  Presbytery,  now 
under  review,  the  Scotch  Church  with  its  pastor,  the  Rev. 
Joseph  McElroy,  came  under  the  care  of  this  Presbytery. 
Dr.  McElroy  was  a  man  of  intellectual  power  and  com- 
manding influence  in  the  church,  and  was  a  noble  preacher. 
In  i860,  beginning  to  feel  the  infirmities  of  age,  he  sought 
a  colleague,  who  was  found  in  the  Rev.  Robert  W.  Henry, 
of  Chicago.  Mr.  Henry  was  installed  in  June,  i860.  In 
this  position  he  remained  three  years,  when  failing  health 
warned  him  to  seek  rest.  He  was  released  from  his 
charge  on  the  23d  of  May,  1863.  His  place  was  soon 
filled  by  the  Rev.  Morris  C.  Sutphen,  who  was  received 
from  the  Central  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia,  and  installed 
April  29,  1866.  Mr.  Sutphen  remained  until  after  the 
Reunion.  At  the  Reunion  this  church  was  connected  with 
the  Presbytery  of  New  York. 

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130  SECOND   PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK. 

The  church  at  Delhi,  N.  Y,,  was  one  of  the  churches 
belonging  to  the  Associate  Reformed  Presbytery  of  New 
^„„  „  „     York.     In  the  early  part  of  the  century  it  was 

DELHI,  N.  T,  r     1  1      1       1       1        •  1  1  r 

a  leeble  body,  havmg  but  three  or  four  mem- 
bers, but  in  a  revival  which  occurred  in  1801  it  was  greatly 
strengthened.  It  had  for  its  pastor  in  its  early  days  the 
Rev.  John  J.  Christie. 

At  the  time  of  the  disruption  this  church  adhered  to  the 
Old  School  Assembly,  and  was  included  in  the  Second 
Presbytery  of  New  York  at  its  reorganization.  On  the 
20th  of  July,  1843,  the  Rev.  James  McEwen  was  installed 
as  pastor;  but  he  was  cut  off  by  death  on  the  nth  of 
March,  1844.  Mr.  McEwen  was  followed  by  Rev.  Peter 
B.  Heroy,  who  was  ordained  and  installed,  Oct.  25,  1845. 
There  is  no  record  of  the  dissolution  of  the  pastoral  rela- 
tion, but  on  the  6th  of  October,  1852,  we  find  the  record 
of  the  installation  of  the  Rev.  Charles  B.  Smyth,  who  had 
been  under  the  care  of  Presbytery  as  a  foreign  minister, 
but  was  now  received  into  full  standing.  From  this  time 
until  October,  1863,  the  church  was  agitated  with  internal 
dissensions,  which  it  is  not  necessary  to  record  here, 
although  they  occupied  much  time  of  the  Presbytery.  The 
matter  was  finally  adjusted  by  the  Synod.  Mr.  Smyth 
resigned  his  charge  Nov.  12,  1861.  On  the  17th  of  Febru- 
ary, 1864,  Mr.  James  H.  Robinson  was  ordained  and  in- 
stalled the  pastor.  At  the  Reunion  this  church  was  set  off 
to  the  Presbytery  of  Otsego. 

Application  was  made  to  Presbytery  at  its  meeting  of 
July  I,  1845,  by  the  Third  Associate  Reformed  Church  of 
ASSOCIATE  New  York  to  be  taken  under  its  care.  Their 
REFORMED,  request  was  granted,  and  the  church  and  its 
pastor,  Rev.  Thomas  McAuley,  were  received  and  enrolled. 
Dr.  McAuley  resigned  his  charge  on  the  19th  of  Novem- 
ber, 1845.  I  ^^^  nothing  more  in  the  minutes  in  reference 
to  this  church. 

The  church  at  West  Farms  was   another  church  that 


SECOND    PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW  YORK.  I31 

adhered  to  the  Old  School  Assembly.  It  had  been  set  off 
WEST  fi'om  Bedford  Presbytery  to  the  Second  Presbytery 
TAEMS.  (afterwards  the  Fourth)  in  October,  1835,  ^^d  on 
the  22d  of  June  the  Rev.  Matthew  T.  Adam  was  installed 
the  pastor.  On  the  19th  of  October  Mr.  Adam,  having 
accepted  a  chaplaincy  for  seamen,  to  serve  in  New  South 
Wales,  .resigned  his  charge,  but  remained  a  member  of 
Presbytery  until  October  28,  1847,  when  he  was  dismissed 
to  Bedford  Presbytery.  Mr.  Adam  was  succeeded  by  Mr. 
James  B.  Ramsay,  who  was  ordained  and  installed  the  pas- 
tor Feb,  2,  1 841,  and  was  released  March  23,  1846.  Mr. 
Ramsey  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  Isaac  W.  Piatt  lately 
received  from  the  Presbytery  of  Steuben.  Mr.  Piatt  was 
installed  October  28,  1847;  remaining  in  his  charge  until 
Feb.  9,  1858,  when  he  was  released  by  death.  On  the 
loth  of  November,  1858,  Mr.  Geo.  Nixon  was  ordained 
and  installed  pastor,  and  was  still  in  charge  at  the  time 
of  the  Reunion,  at  which  time  the  church  was  set  off  to  the 
Presbytery  of  Westchester. 

The  Peekskill  Church  and  its  pastor,  the  Rev.  William 
Marshall,  were  set  off  from  Bedford  Presbytery  to    this 

Presbytery  on  its  reorganization.    Mr.  Marshall 
PEEKSKILL.  .  ,      ,  ,  ,  ,        r  ^       , 

resigned   the  charge  on  the  12th  of  October, 

1843.  On  the  1 8th  of  October  the  Rev.  David  M.  Halli- 
day  was  received  from  the  Presbytery  of  Northumberland 
and  installed  the  pastor.  Dr.  Halliday  continued  the 
faithful  and  successful  pastor  for  twenty-four  years.  He 
resigned  his  charge  on  the  9th  of  October,  1867,  on  ac- 
count of  infirm  health.  He  was  succeeded  by  John  N. 
Freeman,  who  was  ordained  and  installed  May  14,  1867. 
At  the  Reunion  this  church  was  set  off  to  the  Presbytery 
of  Westchester.  In  the  autumn  of  1842,  a  Presbyterian 
Church  was  organized  in  Jane  St.,  N.  Y.,  by  a  committee  of 
Presbytery,  and  on  the  nth  of  January,  1843,  the  Rev. 
John  Johnstone  was  installed  the  pastor.  The  church, 
failing  to  meet  the  expectations  of  Presbytery,  was  on  the 


132  SECOND   PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK. 

30th  of  April,  1844,  dissolved,  and  Mr.  Johnstone  was 
dismissed  to  the  Presbytery  of  New  York. 

The  Mount  Washington  Church,  situated  in  the  extreme 
north  of  the  island,  was  organized  on  the  i8th  of  October, 

MOUNT  1846.  The  Rev.  David  Inglis,  who  had  been 
WASHINGTON,  received  from  the  Missionary  Presbytery  of 
London,  Canada,  supplied  this  church  for  several  years. 
On  the  13th  of  October,  1849,  he  was  dismissed  to  the 
Presbytery  of  Bedford.  Upon  the  retirement  of  Mr. 
Inglis,  Mr.  Joseph  R.  Mann  was  ordained  and  installed 
the  pastor  on  the  22d  of  October,  1848.  The  failure  of 
Mr.  Mann's  health  compelled  him  to  resign  his  charge, 
and  he  was  released  on  the  loth  of  March,  1858.  On  the 
1st  of  May,  1859,  the  Rev.  Hugh  Dickson  was  installed  the 
pastor.  Dr.  Dickson  remained  but  a  few  months,  resigning 
his  charge  Oct.  5.  At  the  Reunion  this  church  came 
under  the  care  of  the  Presbytery  of  New  York. 

At  a  meeting  of  Presbytery  held  April  2^,  1849,  a  com- 
munication was  received  from  the  Reformed  Dutch  Church 
STANTON  worshipping  in  Stanton  St.,  New  York,  asking  that 
STREET.  s^Q  church  and  its  pastor,  the  Rev.  John  Lillie,  be 
taken  under  the  care  of  Presbytery.  The  Classis  of  New 
York  to  which  the  church  belonged  making  no  objection,  the 
church  and  its  pastor  were  received  and  enrolled.  Mr. 
Lillie  continued  in  charge  till  June  i,  1852,  when  the  pas- 
toral relation  was  dissolved.  On  the  2d  of  February,  1853, 
the  Rev.  Joseph  Sanderson,  who  had  been  received  from  the 
Associate  Presbytery  of  New  York,  was  installed  as  pastor. 
The  church  afterwards  changed  its  location,  and  was  known 
as  the  "  Lexington  Avenue  Church."  At  the  Reunion  this 
church  came  under  the  care  of  the  Presbytery  of  New  York. 

The  Mt.  Pleasant  Church  (Sing  Sing)  was  set  off  from 
the  Presbytery  of  Bedford  to  this  Presbytery  by  Synod,  and 
SIN(J  was  received  and  enrolled  April  16,  1850,  and  its  pas- 
SIN(J.  tor,  Rev.  John  P.  Lundy,  was  at  the  same  time  received 
from  the  Presbytery  of  Bedford.     Mr.  Lundy  remained  in 


SECOND   PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK.  1 33 

charge  till  185 1,  when  he  resigned.  Mr.  Lundy  was  re- 
ordained  ifl  the  Episcopal  Church,  October  28,  1855.  On 
the  28th  of  October,  1851,  Mr.  Wilson  Phraner  was  or- 
dained and  installed.  For  thirty-four  years  Mr.  Phraner 
held  this  charge,  the  successful  and  faithful  pastor.  The 
church  at  the  Reunion  was  set  off  to  the  Presbytery  of 
Westchester. 

A  church  was  organized  at  Hamden,  Delaware  Co.,  N,  Y., 
September  20,  1855,  and  on  the  12th  of  November,  1856, 

_  the  Rev.  George  Brown,  who  had  been  received 

HAMDEN,  N.T.  ^ 

from  the  associate  Presbytery  of  Saratoga,  was 

installed.     At  the  Reunion  the  church  was  set  off  to  the 

Presbytery  of  Otsego.     On   the    13th  of  September   the 

Associate    Presbyterian    Church    of    Providence,    Rhode 

Island,  was  taken  under  the  care  of  Presbytery. 

The  only  notice  of  the   church  at  Hempstead  on  the 

records  is  the  installation  of  the  Rev.  Thomas  Mack  as 

TTT,,,T,amT,.-n  .T  ^  pastor,  Oct.  14,  i860.  Mr.  Mack  still 
HEMPSTEAD,  N.  T.  , 

remains  in  charge.      At  the   Reunion  the 

church  was  set  off  to  the  Presbytery  of  Hudson. 

The  Scotch  Church,  Jersey  City,  was  organized  by  a 
committee  of  Presbytery  on  the  i8th  of  June,  1856,  and  on 
JEESET  ^^^  ^^^  ^^  November  the  Rev.  James  Petrie  was 
CITY  installed.  The  pastoral  relation  was  dissolved  on 
SCOTCH,  ^i^g  jQi-j^  Qf  November,  1858.  Mr.  Petrie  was  fol- 
lowed by  Mr.  William  Cochrane,  who  was  ordained  and 
installed  June  7,  1859.  Mr.  Cochrane  remained  the  pastor 
till  April  16,  1862,  when  he  was  released,  and  dismissed 
to  the  church  of  Paris,  Canada.  This  church  at  the 
Reunion  was  set  off  to  the  Presbytery  of  Jersey  City. 

The  church  at  Washington  Heights  was  organized  May 
23,  1859,  and  on  the  17th  of  September  Charles  A.  Stod- 
WASHINGTON  dard  was  ordained  and  installed.  Mr.  Stoddard 
HEIGHTS,  continued  the  pastor  till  after  the  Reunion, 
when  the  church  and  pastor  were  added  to  the  Presbytery 
of  New  York. 


134  SECOND   PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK. 

On  the  3d  of  July,  i860,  the  Union  Church,  Newburgh, 
an  independent  organization,  was  taken  under  the  care  of 
NEWBUEGH.  P^^sbytery;  and  on  the  i6th  of  April,  1861,  its 
pastor,  the  Rev.  Alexander  B.  Jack,  was  received 
from  the  Presbytery  of  North  River.  The  pastoral  relation 
with  Mr.  Jack  was  dissolved  Dec.  21,  1868,  and  he  was 
dismissed  to  the  Presbytery  of  Northumberland.  He  was 
succeeded  by  the  Rev.  Wendell  Prime,  who  was  installed 
on  the  3d  of  June,  1868.  At  the  Reunion  the  church  was 
set  off  to  the  Presbytery  of  Hudson. 

On  the  28th  of  October,  1862,  the  South  Greensburgh 
Church  at  Dobbs's  Ferry,  with  its  pastor  the  Rev.  Wm. 
SOUTH  Meikle,  was  set  off  to  this  Presbytery  from 
GEEENSBUEGH.  the  Presbytery  of  Bedford.  Mr.  Meikle  re- 
signed his  charge  April  17,  1867,  and  on  the  14th  of  Octo- 
ber the  Rev.  Thornton  M.  Niven,  who  had  been  received 
from  the  Presbytery  of  Roanoke  (Southern  Church),  was 
installed  the  pastor.  This  church  at  the  Reunion  was  set 
off  to  the  Presbytery  of  Westchester. 

The  church  at  Tenafly,  N.  J.,  was  organized  and  taken 

under  the  care  of  Presbytery,  November  21,   1865.     On 

the  20th  of  October,  1867,  the  Rev.  Thomas  G. 
TENATLY.   „,   „        ,       ,      ,  ,  •       ,  r  ,       t^       1 

Wall,  who  had  been  received  irom  the  Presbytery 

of  New  Brunswick,  was  installed  as  pastor.    At  the  Reunion 

this  church  was  set  off  to  the  Presbytery  of  Jersey  City. 

This  concludes  our  notices  of  the  organization,  reception 
and  changes  of  all  the  churches  that  have  been  connected 
with  this  Presbytery. 

Besides  the  regularly  settled  pastors,  there  were  many 
ministers  connected  with  the  Presbytery  at  various  times 
who  had  no  regular  settlement.  Below  we  give  their 
names,  and  the  dates  of  reception  and  dismissal. 

On  the  5th  of  March,  1837,  the  Rev.  William  G.  John- 
stone was  received  from  the  consociation  of  Rhode  Island ; 
and  on  the  30th  of  April  was  dismissed  to  the  Presbytery 
of  Hudson. 


SECOND  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK.  135 

The  Rev.  Jacob  Janeway  was  received  from  the  Classis 
of  New  Brunswick  on  the  14th  of  October,  1840. 

The  Rev.  Robert  McCartee  was  dismissed  to  the  Pres- 
bytery of  Hudson. 

On  the  27th  of  July  the  Rev.  James  Smith  was  received 
from  the  Associate  Presbytery  of  Glasgow,  and  on  the 
2 1st  of  October  he  was  dismissed  to  the  Presbytery  of 
Washington. 

The  Rev.  Andrew  Ferrier  and  Rev.  Matthew  Allison 
were  taken  under  the  care  of  Presbytery  as  foreign  minis- 
ters, according  to  the  direction  of  the  General  Assembly, 
on  the  1 8th  of  October,  1841.  Mr.  Allison  was  dismissed 
to  the  Presbytery  of  Huntington  Nov.  9,  1841. 

Walter  M.  Lowrie  was  ordained,  in  view  of  a  mission  to 
China,  on  the  9th  of  November,  1841. 

Samuel  T.  Wells  was  ordained  Oct.  14,  1846,  and  dis- 
missed to  the  Presbytery  of  Ohio. 

The  Rev.  William  Bull,  an  original  member  of  Presbytery, 
died  in  the  summer  of  1847. 

On  the  19th  of  October,  1848,  Mr.  William  Gray  was 
received  from  the  Classis  of  New  York.  Mr.  Gray  died 
while  on  a  visit  to  California  in  Sept.,  1856.  The  Presby- 
tery testifies  its  sense  of  his  devotion  to  the  Master's 
cause,  and  its  respect  for  his  memory. 

On  the  1 6th  of  May,  1849,  Alexander  Reid  was  ordained, 
in  view  of  a  mission  to  the  Choctaws.  He  was  dismissed 
to  the  Presbytery  of  Arkansas  April  18,  1854. 

The  Rev.  Edward  R.  McGregor  was  received  from  the 
Presbytery  of  North  River,  April  16,  1850,  and  was  dis- 
missed to  the  Classis  of  New  York,  Oct.  19,  1854. 

On  the  1 6th  of  April,  1851,  the  Rev.  Thomas  G.  Carver 
was  received  from  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  O.  Westervelt  was  received  from 
the  True  Reformed  Dutch  Church  Feb.  2,  1843,  and  was 
dismissed  to  the  Presbytery  of  Bedford  September  13, 
1853. 


136  SECOND   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW  YORK. 

The  Rev.  William  Clelland  was  received  from  the  Asso- 
ciate Presbytery  of  New  York,  June  28,  1853,  and  was 
dismissed  to  the  Presbytery  of  Canada  West   January  3, 

1854. 

The  Rev.  William  Mcjimpsey  was  received  from  the 
Presbytery  of  Raritan  April  18,  1854. 

The  Rev.  William  Hamilton  was  received  from  the 
Presbytery  of  Madison  April  17,  1855. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  N.  Howell  was  received  from  the 
Presbytery  of  Albany  April  20,  1859,  and  dismissed  to  the 
Presbytery  of  Londonderry  on  the  22d  of  April,  1868. 
The  Rev,  Samuel  F.  Farmer  was  received  from  the  United 
Presbyterian  Presbytery  January  7,  1862,  and  was  dis- 
missed to  the  Presbytery  of  New  York  April  22,  1863. 

The  Rev.  George  L.  Smith  was  received  from  the  Pres- 
bytery of  Connecticut  October  14,  1863. 

The  Rev.  Hugh  B.  Scott  was  received  from  the  Presby- 
tery of  Vincennes  April  20,  1864,  and  on  the  27th  of  Sep- 
tember was  dismissed  to  the  Presbytery  of  New  Castle. 

The  Rev.  Robert  Kirkwood  was  received  from  the  Third 
Presbytery  of  New  York,  October  12,  1864. 

The  Rev.  John  H.  Leggett  was  received  from  the  Pres- 
bytery of  Hudson,  Oct.  12,  1864. 

The  Rev.  Duncan  C.  Niven  was  dismissed  to  the  Presby- 
tery of  Connecticut,  April  18,  1865. 

On  the  31st  of  January  the  Rev.  A.  McElroy  Wylie  was 
received  from  the  Episcopal  Church. 

In  1867  the  subject  of  the  reunion  of  the  Old  and  New 

School   branches   of   the    church    began   to   be 
EEUNION.  ,  ^ 

mooted. 

The  first  move  of  this  Presbytery  towards  reunion  was 

the  appointment  of  delegates  to  attend  the  convention  to 

be  held  in  Philadelphia  with  the  general  object  of  Christian 

union   in  view.     The   Rev.  Morris  C.  Sutphen  and  elder 

Robert  Carter  were  the    delegates    from  this    Presbytery. 

This  was  in  October  1867. 


SECOND   PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK.  1 37 

On  the  3d  of  December  a  committee  tLat  had  been  pre- 
viously appointed  by  Presbytery  on  reunion  made  their 
report.  This  report  was  ordered  to  be  printed  in  the 
Evangelist  and  the  New  York  Observer,  but  on  examining 
the  files  of  these  papers  I  cannot  discover  it. 

The  subject  came  up  before  Presbytery  held  Oct.  12, 
1869,  when  the  "  Basis"  sent  down  by  the  General  Assem- 
bly was  considered.  The  vote  on  the  adoption  of  this  basis 
was  unanimous.  Although  Presbytery  without  a  dissent- 
ing voice  recorded  its  vote  in  favor  of  reunion  upon  the 
basis  proposed,  still  considerable  diversity  of  opinion  was 
manifested  with  reference  to  what  were  termed  the  "  Con- 
current Declarations." 

The  Presbytery  during  the  last  few  months  of  its  exis- 
tence was  chiefly  occupied  with  the  troubles  which  had 
arisen  in  the  Lexington  Avenue  Church.  But  as  this 
belongs  to  the  history  of  a  particular  church,  its  considera- 
tion is  not  in  place  here. 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK. 

1870-1888. 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK. 

1 8  70- 1 888. 

THERE  are  three  great  epochs  in  the  history  of  the 
Presbytery  of  New  York :  the  first  at  its  organization 
in  1738  ;  the  second  at  its  reorganization  in  18 10;  and  the 
third  at  its  readjustment  in  1870,  We  proceed  then  to  the 
consideration  of  the  period  between  1870  and  1888,  which 
will  conclude  the  history  of  a  century  and  a  half,  —  the 
last  date  being  coincident  with  the  centennial  of  the 
General  Assembly. 

The  action  of  the  Assembly  of  1870  in  rearranging  the 
Synods  and  Presbyteries  left  the  organization  of  the  Pres- 
bytery of  New  York  intact. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Synod  of  New  York  held  in  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church,  N.  Y.,  on  the  21st  of  June, 
1870,  by  direction  of  the  Assembly,  it  was  ordered  that 
"  the  Presbytery  of  New  York,  as  now  known,  being  incor- 
porated under  a  charter  of  the  State,  which  it  is  desirable 
to  retain,  include  all  the  ministers  and  churches  on  Man- 
hattan Island ;  and  this  Presbytery  shall  be  the  legal  suc- 
cessor of  the  Second,  Third,  and  Fourth  Presbyteries  of 
New  York,  and  as  such  entitled  to  the  possession  and  en- 
joyment of  all  the  rights  and  franchises,  and  liable  to  the 
performance  of  all  the  duties  of  said  Presbyteries."  In 
accordance  with  this  action  the  readjusted  Presbytery  met 
during  the  intervals  of  Synod,  and  was  constituted  with 


142  THE  PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW  YORK. 

prayer,  and  immediately  adjourned  to  the  27th  of  June.  At 
that  meeting  the  roll  was  completed  including  one  hundred 
and  thirty-two  ministers  and  forty  churches. 

The  changes  which  have  occurred  in  the  churches  during 
the  eighteen  years  under  consideration  will  first  occupy 
our  attention. 

At  this  first  meeting  of  Presbytery  a  commission  was  ap- 
pointed with  full  power  to  consolidate  the  Mercer  St.  and 
UNIVEESITY    University  Place  churches;   and  on  the  i6th  of 

PLACE.  September,  with  the  hearty  concurrence  of  the 
two  churches,  the  union  was  consummated,  the  new  church 
retaining  the  name  of  University  Place  Church.  On  the 
30th  of  October,  the  Rev.  Robert  R.  Booth,  who  had  been 
the  pastor  of  the  Mercer  St.  Church,  was  installed  pastor  of 
the  united  church.  Dr.  Booth,  after  a  successful  pastorate, 
on  account  of  failing  health  resigned  his  charge  on  the 
nth  of  June,  1883.  On  the  8th  of  January,  1884,  the 
Rev.  George  Alexander,  who  had  been  received  from 
the  Presbytery  of  Albany,  was   installed  pastor. 

On  the  i8th  of  April,  1870,  the  Fortieth  St.  Church,  just 
vacant  by  the  death  of  the  Rev.  John  E.  Annan,  was  con- 
roRTiETH  solidated  with  the  Ebenezer  Church  under  the 
STREET,  name  of  the  "  Murray  Hill  Church;  "  and  on  the 
24th  the  Rev.  George  S.  Chambers,  pastor  of  the  Ebenezer 
Church,  was  installed  pastor  of  the  united  church.  Mr. 
Chambers  remained  the  pastor  until  Oct.  6,  1879,  when  he 
was  released.  On  the  19th  of  October  the  Rev.  Samuel  D. 
Burchard  was  installed.  Dr.  Burchard  resigned  April  13, 
1885,  and  was  followed  by  the  Rev.  J.  Ford  Sutton,  who 
was  installed  December  20,  1885. 

The  pastoral  relation  between  the  Rev.  Abbot  E.  Kit- 

tredge  and  the  Eleventh   Church  was  dissolved  Aug.  i, 

1870.     On  the  15th  of  October,  1871,  the  Rev. 
ELEVENTtt      „,       ,       c    -D    u-  •      ^   11    ^  .  c 

Charles  S.  Robmson  was  mstalled  pastor,     boon 

after  the  settlement  of  Dr.  Robinson,  the  congregation  sold 

its  edifice  in  East  Fifty-fifth  Street  and  erected  a  spacious 


THE   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW   YORK.  143 

building  at  the  corner  of  Madison  Avenue  and  Fifty- 
third  Street  under  the  name  of  the  Presbyterian  Memorial 
Church.  In  1887  the  name  of  the  church  was  again 
changed  to  the  "  Madison  Avenue  Presbyterian  Church." 

On  the  8th  of  September,  1870,  the  Rev.  Edward  P. 
Payson  was  installed  pastor  of  the  First  Union  Church. 
FIRST  On  the  7th  of  June,  1874,  the  pastoral  relation  was 
UNION,  dissolved.  Mr.  Payson  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev. 
James  Latimer,  who  was  installed  December  19,  1875.  He 
remained  till  May  7,  1877,  when  he  resigned.  The  church 
remained  vacant  until  May  13,  1879,  when  the  Rev.  Albert 
Van  Deusen  was  ordained  and  installed.  Mr.  Van  Deusen 
served  the  church  successfully  until  Oct.  8,  1883,  when  his 
health  failing  he  resigned,  and  died  a  few  months  later. 
On  the  20th  of  December,  1883,  the  Rev.  Wilbur  F.  Crafts 
was  installed  pastor. 

The  Rev.  Morse  Rowell,  pastor  of  the  Chelsea  Church, 
in  West  Twenty-second  St.,  resigned  his  charge 

CHELSEA  '  o  o 

Oct.  25,  1870,  and  on  the  5th  of  December  the 

church  was  dissolved. 

On  the  1st  of  June,  1874,  the  Rev.  David  M.  MacHse 

resigned  the  charge  of  the  Alexander  Church, 
ALEXANDER  ,  1       r.  ,      1         1 

and  on  the  8th  the  church  was  disbanded. 

The  Rev.  William  W.  Newell,  Jr.,  was  installed  pastor  of 
the  Forty-second  St.  Church  on  the  17th  of  October,  1871. 
FOETY-  The  relation  was  dissolved  March  3,  1873.  After 
SECOND,  many  earnest  efforts  to  sustain  the  church,  it  was 
disbanded  May  10,  1875. 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Sanderson  was  released  from  the 
LEXINGTON  charge  of  the  Lexington  Avenue  Church, 
AVENUE.  Dec.  4,  1871,  and  on  the  nth  the  church 
was  dissolved. 

The  Rev.  George  H.  Wells  was  installed  pastor  of  the 
American  Church,  Montreal,  Nov.  i,  1871. 

On  the  25th  of  October,  1870,  the  Rev.  T.  Madison 
Dawson  was   released   from   the   pastoral   charge  of  the 


144  THE   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW   YORK. 

Seventh  Church.     He  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  Goodloe 

B.  Bell,  who  was  installed  on  the  25th  of  June,  1871.     Mr. 

Bell  remained  until  October  12,  1874,  when  he 
SEVENTH.         .        ,       _       ,  ,       _^  ,^^, 

resigned.     On  the  5th  of  December,   1876,  the 

Rev.  Henry  T.  Hunter  was  installed.    Mr.  Hunter  resigned 

Jan.  5,  1880,  and  the  Rev.  Philemon  R.  Day  was  installed 

April  29,   1883.     He  resigned  his  charge  March  9,  1885, 

and  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  John  T.  Wilds,  who  was 

installed  Oct.  26,  1885. 

The  Rev.  William  Aikman,  pastor  of  the  Spring  St. 
Church,  having  received  a  call  from  a  church  in  Detroit, 
SPRING  resigned  his  charge  May  6,  1872.  His  place 
STREET,  was  soon  supplied  by  the  installation  of  Rev. 
George  M.  McCampbell,  who  was  installed  Dec.  19,  1872. 
Mr.  McCampbell  resigned  the  charge  Feb.  7,  1876.  He 
was  followed  by  the  Rev.  Alfred  H.  Moment,  who  was 
installed  July  9,  1876.  On  the  4th  of  February,  1884,  the 
pastoral  relation  was  dissolved,  and  on  the  7th  of  March 
the  Rev.  A.  Woodruff  Halsey  was  installed. 

On  the  loth  of  October,  1871,  the  relation  between  the 
Rev.  George  M.  McEckron  and  the  Westminster  Church 
"WEST-  was  dissolved.  On  the  28th  of  April,  1873,  the 
MINSTER.  Rev.  John  K.  Demarest  was  installed.  Mr.  De- 
marest  resigned  the  charge  June  8,  1874.  He  was  suc- 
ceeded by  the  Rev.  George  D.  Mathews,  who  was  installed 
July  6,  1874.  Mr.  Mathews  was  released  from  the  charge 
Oct.  13,  1879.  The  next  pastor  was  the  Rev.  Edward  M. 
Deems,  who  was  installed  July  11,  1880. 

On  account  of  feeble  health,  the  Rev.  William  W.  Newell 
was  permitted  to  resign  the  pastorate  of  the  Allen  St. 
ALLEN  Church  Feb.  2,  1874.  He  was  succeeded  by  the 
STREET.  Rev.  George  O.  Phelps,  who  was  installed  May  17, 
1874.  Mr.  Phelps  remained  in  charge  of  the  church  till  Nov. 
13,  1882,  when  failing  health  compelled  him  to  resign.  The 
Rev.  Edwin  E.  Rogers,  the  last  pastor,  was  installed  June 
22,  1 884.   The  pastoral  relation  was  dissolved  April  1 2,  1 886. 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK.  145 

The  pastoral  relation  of  the  Rev.  Theodore  A.  Leggett 
and  the  Harlem  Church  was  dissolved  Aug.  7,  1871,  and 
on  the  26th  of  April,  1872,  the  Rev.  James  S.  Ramsay  was 
installed  pastor. 

After  the  resignation  of  the  Rev.  Francis  L.  Patton  in  1867, 
the  Eighty-fourth  St.  Church  remained  vacant  for  several 

EIGHTY-  y^^^^  5  ^^^  °^  ^^^^  ^  5^^  °^  February,  1874,  the  Rev. 
FOURTH  Wm.  W.  Newell  was  installed.  Dr.  Newell  re- 
STKEET.  signed  the  charge  June  2,  1877.  He  was  succeeded 
by  Mr.  Anson  P.  Atterbury,  who  was  ordained  and  installed 
April  20,  1 880.  In  March,  1 887,  the  church,  having  changed 
its  location,  adopted  the  name  of  the  "  Park  Church." 

The  Rev.  William  Adams,  having  been  appointed  Presi- 
dent of  the  Union  Theological  Seminary,  resigned  the  charge 
MADISON  of  the  Madison  Square  Church,  April  13,  1874. 
SQUARE.  He  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  Wm.  J.  Tucker,  who 
had  been  received  from  the  Derry  and  Manchester  churches 
of  New  Hampshire.  Dr.  Tucker  was  installed  May  12,  1875. 
He  was  released  from  his  charge  Oct.  13,  1879.  On  the 
1st  of  March,  1880,  the  Rev.  Charles  H.  Parkhurst  was 
received  from  the  Ecclesiastical  Council  of  Lenox,  Mass., 
and  was  installed  the  9th  of  March,  1880. 

On  the  1 2th  of  April,  1875,  the  Rev.  James  O.  Murray, 

having  accepted  a  professorship  in  Princeton  College,  N. 

T.,  resigned  his  charge  of  the  Brick  Church.     He 
BRICE       J  '  o  o 

was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  Llewelyn  D.  Bevan,  of 

the  Congregational  Union  of  London,  who  was  installed 
Jan.  16,  1877.  On  the  ist  of  May,  1882,  Dr.  Bevan  re- 
signed and  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  Henry  J.  Van  Dyke 
Jr.,  who  was  installed  Jan.  16,  1882. 

The  Rev.  George  L.  Prentiss,  the  founder  and  first  pastor 
of  the  Church  of  the  Covenant,  resigned  his  charge  April 

I,  1873,  he  having  been  appointed  a  professor 

COVENANT.      .  \ ,      T  T    •        ^u      ^      •     1  c       •  at   v       Uo 

m  the  Union  Theological  Seminary,  N.  Y.     He 

was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  Marvin  R.  Vincent,  who  was 

installed  May  8,  1873. 


146  THE   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW  YORK. 

The  Rev,  Thomas  Street  resigned  the   charge  of  the 
North  Church  April  14,  1873,  and  was  succeeded 

NORTH 

by  the  Rev.  Stealy  B.  Rossiter,  who  was  installed 
Sept.  21,  1873. 

The  Rev.  George  S.  Payson  was  installed  pastor  of  Mt. 
Washington  Church,  June  8,  1874. 

The  Rev.  Henri  L.  Grandlienard  was  installed  pastor  of 
the  French  Evangelical    Church  April  6,  1873. 

The  pastoral  relation  between  the  Rev,  John  Thompson 
and  the  Fourth  Church  was  dissolved  May  3,  1875.  He 
was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  Joseph  R.  Kerr,  who  was 
installed  Dec.   14,   1875. 

On  the  1 2th  of  February,  1872,  the  Rev.  Edward  W. 
Hitchcock  resigned  the  charge  of  the  Fourteenth  St. 
Church.  He  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  Robert  Sloss, 
who  was  installed  June  30,  1872.  Dr.  Sloss  resigned  on 
the  4th  of  January,  1875,  and  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev. 
Francis  H.  Marling,  who  had  been  received  from  the  Con- 
gregational Association  of  Ontario,  Canada.  Mr.  Marling 
was  installed  Dec.  16,  1875. 

The  Rev.  David  Mitchell  was  released  from  the  charge 
of  the  Canal  St.  Church  June  7,  1875.  He  was  followed 
by  the  Rev.  Alexander  McKelvey,  who  was  installed  March 
10,  1878.  On  the  nth  of  December,  1882,  Mr,  McKelvey 
resigned  his  charge.  The  Rev.  John  Hall  Magowan  was 
ordained  and  installed  June  24,  1883,  Mr,  Magowan's 
pastorate  was  a  brief  one,  he  dying  in  the  harness  Nov,  26, 
1883,  The  place  was  filled  by  Mr,  David  G,  Wylie,  who 
was  ordained  and  installed  Oct,  26,  1884.  Mr.  Wylie  was 
released  from  the  charge  Feb.  8,  1886, 

The  Second  Church  of  Harlem  was  organized  in  March, 
1872,  and  on  the  24th  of  October,  the  Rev.  Edward  L. 
Clark  was  installed  pastor.  The  name  was  subsequently 
changed  to  the  "  Church  of  the  Puritans." 

On  the  4th  of  November,  1872,  the  Rev.  Morris  C.  Sut- 
phen,  on  account  of  failing  health,  resigned  the  charge  of 


THE   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW  YORK.  1 47 

the  Scotch  Church;  and  on  the  19th  of  October,  1873,  the 
Rev.  Samuel  M.  Hamilton,  who  had  been  received  from 
the  Presbytery  of  Belfast,  Ireland,  was  installed. 

The  Rev.  Morse  Rowell  was  installed  pastor  of  the  Man- 
hattanville  Church  Oct.  22,  1871.  The  pastoral  relation 
was  dissolved  June  7,  1875,  and  on  the  6th  of  November, 
1876,  the  church  was  dissolved. 

On  the  1 8th  of  February,  1877,  a  Bohemian  church  was 
organized  by  a  committee  of  Presbytery.  The  Rev.  Gus- 
tav  Alexy  with  rare  faithfulness  nourished  this  church,  and 
preached  to  them  for  several  years,  but  he  was  suddenly 
cut  off  in  the  midst  of  his  usefulness.  On  the  4th  of 
November,  1883,  the  Rev.  Vincent  Pisek,  who  had  been 
brought  into  the  ministry  through  Mr.  Alexy's  influence, 
was  installed  the  pastor  of  the  church. 

The  Rev.  Henry  D.  Northrop,  pastor  of  the  West  Twenty- 
third  St.  Church,  was  released  from  his  charge  June  22, 
1874.  On  the  13th  of  December,  the  Rev.  Erskine  N. 
White  was  installed.  Dr.  White,  having  accepted  the 
secretaryship  of  the  Board  of  Church  Erection,  resigned 
his  charge  July  12,  1886.  On  the  15th  of  May,  1887,  the 
Rev.  Robert  F.  Sample  was  installed  the  pastor. 

The  Second  German  Church  was  organized  by  a  com- 
mittee of  Presbytery  March  23,  1882,  and  on  the  20th  of 
April  the  Rev.  Conrad  Doench  was  installed  pastor. 

Calvary  Church  was  organized  in  January,  1882,  by  a 
committee  of  Presbytery.  On  the  24th  of  November  the 
Rev.  James  Chambers  was  installed  the  pastor. 

The  Rev.  Wm.  M.  Paxton,  having  been  appointed  pro- 
fessor in  the  Princeton  Theological  Seminary,  resigned  his 
charge  of  the  First  Church,  July  9,  1883.  On  the  ist  of 
April,  1886,  Mr.  Richard  D.  Harlan  was  ordained  and 
installed  pastor. 

In  January,  1886,  the  congregation  worshipping  in  a 
chapel  in  East  Thirtieth  St.,  under  the  care  of  Madison 
Square  Church,  was  organized  by  a  committee  of  Presby- 


148  THE   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW  YORK. 

tery,  and  on  the  7th  of  March  the  Rev.  Jesse  F.  Forbes 
was  installed  pastor.  The  church  is  known  as  the  "  Adams 
Memorial  Church." 

The  congregation  worshipping  in  Faith  Chapel,  a  mission 
of  the  West  Church,  was  organized  as  "  Faith  Church  "  on 
the  27th  of  November,  1883,  by  a  committee  of  Presbytery, 
and  on  the  17th  of  December  the  Rev.  James  H.  Hoadley, 
who  had  been  chapel  minister,  was  installed  the  pastor. 

On  the  28th  of  February,  1886,  the  German  Mission 
connected  with  the  Madison  Square  Church  was  organized 
by  a  committee  of  Presbytery,  and  on  the  4th  of  April  the 
Rev.  Louis  Wolferz  was  installed  the  pastor.  This  church 
is  known  as  Zion  Church. 

On  the  22d  of  November,  1885,  a  committee  of  Presby- 
tery organized  a  congregation  of  Germans  who  had  been 
worshipping  in  East  Fifty-ninth  St.,  and  on  the  21st  of 
February  the  Rev.  Nicolas  Bjerring  was  installed  as 
pastor.  The  church  is  known  as  the  "  Church  of  the 
Redeemer." 

The  Rev.  Henry  Highland  Garnet,  pastor  of  Shiloh 
Church,  was  released  from  his  charge  Oct.  3,  1881.  On 
the  17th  of  June,  1883,  the  Rev.  Reading  B.  Johns  was 
installed  pastor.  Mr.  Johns  resigned  his  charge  Dec.  6, 
1884. 

The  Rev.  Nathaniel  W.  Conkling  resigned  the  charge  of 
Rutgers  Church  April  11,  1881.  On  the  13th  of  Novem- 
ber, the  Rev.  William  Stephenson  was  installed  pastor. 
The  pastoral  relation  was  dissolved  April  14,  1884.  The 
church  had  run  down  to  the  lowest  ebb,  when  the  Rev. 
Robert  R.  Booth  accepted  their  call,  and  was  installed  the 
8th  of  November,  1886. 

On  the  1st  of  September,  1879,  the  Rev.  Samuel  D. 
Burchard  resigned  the  charge  of  the  Thirteenth  St.  Church. 
On  the  9th  of  December  the  Rev.  Albert  B.  Simpson  was 
installed.  On  the  7th  of  November,  1881,  Dr.  Simpson 
asked  for  the  dissolution  of  his  pastoral  relation,  on  the 


THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK.  1 49 

ground  of  his  alleged  conscientious  inability  to  perform  all 
the  duties  constitutionally  required  in  that  ofifice.  Where- 
upon the  following  resolution  was  adopted :  "  That  the 
Rev.  Albert  B.  Simpson,  having  stated  to  the  Presbytery 
that  he  had  been  led  to  convictions  on  the  subject  of 
baptism  that  necessitated  his  resignation  of  his  membership 
in  the  Presbytery  and  the  church,  his  name  be  dropped 
from  our  roll ;  and  this  be  done  without  any  reflection  on 
his  life,  and  with  full  recognition  of  his  ministerial  charac- 
ter." On  the  1 8th  of  June,  1882,  the  Rev.  John  M.  Wor- 
rall  was  installed  the  pastor. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  S.  Hastings  resigned  the  charge  of  the 
West  Church  Feb.  6,  1882,  in  order  to  accept  a  professor- 
ship in  the  Union  Theological  Seminary,  New  York ;  and 
on  the  30th  of  April  the  Rev.  John  R.  Paxton  was 
installed  pastor. 

On  the  8th  of  January,  1883,  the  Rev.  Charles  A.  Stod- 
dard was  released  from  the  Washington  Heights  Church. 
On  the  3d  of  June  the  Rev.  Allen  F.  De  Camp  was  in- 
stalled pastor.  He  resigned  his  charge  April  13,  1885. 
He  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  John  C.  Bliss,  who  was 
installed  Oct.  18,  1885. 

The  Union  Tabernacle  Church,  an  independent  organi- 
zation which  had  been  fostered  and  ministered  to  by  the 
Rev.  George  J.  Mingins,  was  on  the  nth  of  April  received 
into  the  Presbytery.  On  the  ist  of  May  Mr.  Mingins  was 
installed  pastor. 

In  October,  1870,  the  church  known  as  the  "  Houston 
and  Thompson  St.  Church "  received  the  name  of  the 
"New  York  Church." 

In  the  summer  of  1883  a  mission  was  started  in  East 
Seventy-seventh  St.,  which  was  organized  as  a  church 
January  11,  1884.  On  the  15th  of  February  the  Rev. 
Alfred  H.  Moment,  who  had  been  released  from  Spring 
St.  Church,  was  installed  the  pastor.  On  the  12th  of  Janu- 
ary, 1885,  Mr.  Moment  resigned  his  charge;   and  on  the 


150  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK. 

8th  of  February,  1886,  the  Rev.  David  G.  WyHe,  who  had 
been  released  from  the  Canal  St.  Church,  was  installed 
pastor.  ■  The  church  removed  from  its  old  location  in 
Seventy-seventh  St.  to  East  Seventy-second  St.  and 
received  the  name  of  the  Knox  Church. 

The  most  marked  feature  of  the  history  of  the  Presby- 
tery since  the  Reunion  is  the  activity  displayed  in  church 
extension  and  sustentation,  especially  during  the  last  dec- 
ade. The  Presbytery  had  for  years  wrestled  with  this 
difficult  subject,  with  but  little  success.  The  report  of  the 
committee  even  as  late  as  1877  presented  a  very  dark 
picture  of  the  churches,  —  burdened  with  debt,  and  with  no 
apparent  means  of  relief,  the  encumbrances  amounting  to 
at  least  five  hundred  thousand  dollars.  The  committee  in 
concluding  says :  "  Here  is  an  array  of  facts  which  it  is 
time  for  the  church  to  face.  The  Presbyterian  Church  is 
not  extending  itself.  It  is  growing  weak  at  certain  centres 
of  usefulness.  It  is  receding  from  certain  of  its  newer 
enterprises."  This  was  certainly  a  very  dark  picture,  but 
it  was  followed  by  brighter  days.  The  Church  Exten- 
sion Committee  called  in  1878  a  meeting  of  laymen,  where 
the  whole  matter  was  presented  and  discussed.  At  the 
October  meeting  of  Presbytery  the  committee  report  that 
since  the  meeting  in  October,  1877,  the  amount  of  debt 
swept  from  the  church,  and  money  promised  for  that  pur- 
pose, amounted  to  the  round  sum  of  four  hundred  and 
eighty  thousand  dollars.  "  For  this  great  deliverance,"  the 
committee  adds,  "  our  thanks  are  due  first  to  the  great 
Head  of  the  Church.  It  would  seem  that  nothing  but  the 
influence  of  the  Spirit  could  have  moved  the  churches  to 
such  efforts  in  a  time  of  financial  stringency  unparalleled 
in  the  history  of  our  country,  and  when  men's  hearts  were 
literally  failing  them  for  fear.  Much  honor  is  due  to  the 
trustees  of  the  John  C.  Green  estate  for  their  munificent 
gifts  towards  the  ends  accomplished."  This  was  the  begin- 
ning of  better  days  for  the  work  of  church  extension  in  this 


THE   PRESBYTERY   OF  NEW  YORK.  151 

city.  Since  that  day  eight  new  churches  have  been  organ- 
ized, each  one  having  an  able  pastor.  Many  of  the  feeble 
churches  have  been  aided,  and  in  some  cases  preserved 
from  dissolution,  and  the  spirit  of  church  extension  has 
been  elevated  and  intensified.  The  reports  of  the  church 
extension  committee  during  the  period  under  review  oc- 
cupy more  than  one  hundred  closely  written  quarto  pages 
of  the  Minutes,  —  showing  how  much  time  and  attention 
Presbytery  has  given  to  this  subject  of  such  vital  interest 
to  the  church. 

The  subjects  of  temperance  and  the  evangelization  of 
the  masses  have  in  the  last  few  years  been  prominent  in  the 
action  of  Presbytery,  and  the  able  reports  of  the  standing 
committees  on  these  subjects  show  how  profoundly  they 
have  been  considered  and  acted  upon.  The  work  done  by 
the  chapels  of  the  various  churches  and  their  chapel  min- 
isters should  not  be  forgotten  in  such  a  history.  They 
have  certainly  reached  a  class  of  the  population,  hitherto 
neglected  by  our  churches.  The  faithful,  self-denying 
labors  of  these  chapel  ministers,  in  gathering  in  from  this 
class  hundreds  of  converts,  deserve  the  highest  honor. 
One  by  one  these  chapels  are  taking  their  places  as  regu- 
larly organized  churches  among  the  working  classes  of  our 
population. 

On  the  1 0th  of  May,  1875,  the  Presbytery  constituted  a 
standing  committee  on  Sabbath-school  work,  which  from 
the  time  of  its  appointment  to  the  present  time  has  exer- 
cised a  faithful  supervision  of  our  schools,  and  gathered 
annually  a  mass  of  information  which  is  exceedingly  valu- 
able in  relation  to  other  schools  throughout  our  whole 
church. 

In  accordance  with  a  recommendation  of  the  General 
Assembly,  a  standing  committee  of  benevolence  was 
appointed.  It  consisted  of  a  chairman  who  was  to  have  a 
general  oversight  of  the  work,  and  a  member  to  represent 
each  of  the  boards  of  the  church.    This  system  has  worked 


152  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK. 

well,  especially  under  the  direction  of  its  present  able  chair- 
man. The  committee  receive  reports  from  those  having 
the  interests  of  the  boards  in  their  hands,  discuss  these 
reports  and  present  the  results  to  Presbytery.  Each  mem- 
ber of  this  committee  is  expected  to  see  that  all  the 
churches  take  up  collections  for  various  objects. 

Since  the  Reunion  the  Presbytery  has  licensed  one  hun- 
dred and  sixty-four  candidates,  and  received  twenty-three 
licentiates  from  other  bodies. 


APPENDIX. 


k 


APPENDIX. 


LIST    OF    MINISTERS 

BELONGING  TO  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK,  FROM  ITS  ORGAN- 
IZATION IN  1738  TO  ITS  REORGANIZATION  IN  1809;  TOGETHER  WITH 
THE  DATE  OF  THEIR  ORDINATION,  AND  THE  BODIES  BY  WHOM 
THEY  WERE  ORDAINED. 


George  Phillips  .  .  April  13, 1702. 
Jonathan  Dickinson  Sept.  29, 1709. 
Samuel  Pumroy  .  Sept.  30, 1709. 
John  Pierson  .  .  April  29, 1717. 
Joseph  Lamb  .  .  Dec.  4, 171 7. 
Joseph  Webb  •  .  Oct.  22,1719. 
Joseph  Houston  .  Oct.  15,1724. 
Robert  Sturgeon  ....  1726. 
Nathaniel  Hubbell .  before  1727. 
John  Smith  .  .  .  May  15,1729. 
Ebenezer  Pemberton  Aug,  9,1729. 
John  Nutman     .     .     before      1730. 

Isaac  Chalker I734- 

Simon  Horton I734- 

Timothy  Symmes  .  Dec.  2, 1736. 
Aaron  Burr  .  .  .  Jan.  25,1737. 
Walter  Wilmot  .  .  April  12, 1738. 
James  Davenport    .     Oct.  26,1738. 

Timothy  Allen 1738. 

Silas  Leonard 1738. 

Azariah  Horton I74i' 

Timothy  Johnes  .  Feb.  9,1743. 
Thomas  Lewis  .  .  Mar.  28, 1 744. 
David  Brainerd  .  .  June  12,1744. 
Eliab  Byram .  .  .  Oct.  1 744. 
David  Bostwick  .  Oct.  9,1745. 
John  Grant    .     .    .     Sept.       1746. 


Council  at  Setauket,  L.  I. 
Ministers  of  Fairfield  Co.,  Ct. 
Council  at  Northampton,  Mass. 
Presbytery  of  Philadelphia. 

"  Long  Island. 

"  Philadelphia. 

New  Castle  Presbytery. 
Council  at  Norwalk,  Ct. 
Presbytery  of  Philadelphia. 
Fairfield  Association,  Ct. 
Council  at  Boston,  Mass. 
Presbytery  of  Philadelphia. 

"  East  Jersey. 

a  a  (( 

Council  in  Connecticut. 
Presbytery  of  East  Jersey. 
"  Long  Island. 

Council  at  Southport,  L.  I. 
West  Haven  Association,  Ct. 
Presbytery  of  New  York. 


Fairfield  Association,  Ct. 
Presbytery  of  New  York. 


156  APPENDIX. 

Jacob  Green  .     .     .     Nov.       1 746.  Presbytery  of  New  York. 

Nathaniel  Tucker  .     April    9,1747.  "            "            " 

John  Brainerd     .     .     Feb.         1748.  "             "             " 

Elihu  Spencer    .     .     Sept.  14, 1748.  '«            "            " 

Aaron  Richards  .     .     Nov.  15,  1748.  "            "            " 

Caleb  Smith   .     .     .     Nov.  30,  1748.  "            "            " 

Andrew  Bay 1748.  Presbytery  of  New  Castle. 

John  Rodgers     .     .     May   16,  1749.  "  "             " 

Enos  Ayres  ,     .    before  May,  1750.  "            "     New  York. 

Chauncey  Graham  .     June  29,  1750.  Council  in  Dutchess  Co.,  N.  Y. 

Daniel  Thane      .     .     Aug.  29,  1750.  Presbytery  of  New  York. 

Jonathan  Elmer .     .     Oct.         1750.  "  "            " 

Alexander  Gumming    Oct.         1750.  "            "            " 

John  Moffat 1751.  "  "             " 

Robert  Henry     .     .     before      1753.  "  "     New  Castle. 

John  Maltby   ...        "          1754.  "  "     New  York. 

Abner  Reeve      .     .     Nov.    6, 1755.  "  "     Suffolk. 

Hugh  Knox   .     .     .     Nov.        1755.  "  ♦'     New  York. 

Benjamin  Hait   .     .     Dec.    4,  1755.  "  "             " 

Nathaniel  Whitaker     Dec.  10,  1755.  "  "            " 

Abraham  Kettletas  .     Sept.  14,  1757.  "  "            " 

John  Darby    .     .     .     Nov.  10,  1757.  "  "     Suffolk. 

Abner  Brush 1758.  "  "             " 

Alex.  McWhorter  .     June  14,  1759.  "  "     New  York. 

Benjamin  Woodruff     Mar.  14,  1759.  "  "            " 

James  Caldwell  .     .     Sept.  17,  1760.  "  "            " 

Azel  Roe   .    .     .    before  May,  1762.  "  "            " 

William  Mills     .     .     April  21,  1762.  "  <'     New  Bruns. 

Joseph  Treat 1762.  "  "            <' 

Nathaniel  Ker 1763.  "  "     New  York. 

Francis  Peppard     ....     1764.  "  <'            " 

Jedediah  Chapman  .     July  22,  1766.  "  "            " 

John  Close     .     .     .     Oct.  30,  1766.  "  «'            " 

James  Tuttle 1768.  "  "             " 

Alexander  Miller    .    June    5,  1770.  "  "            " 

William  Woodhull  ....     1770.  "  "            « 

John  Murdock 1771.  "  "             '* 

Oliver  Demming      ....     1771.  "  "            " 

Jacob  Van  Artsdalen  Jan.  19,1771.  "  "     New  Bruns. 

Amzi  Lewis 1772.  "  "     New  York. 

William  Schenck     ....     1772.  "  "     New  Bruns. 

Uzal  Ogden   .     .     .     Sept.  21,  1773.  in  the  Episcopal  Church. 

Matthias  Burnet      .     April,      1775.  Presbytery  of  New  York. 


APPENDIX. 

157 

Joseph  Grover   . 

1775- 
1775- 

Presbytery 

of  New  York. 

Ebenezer  Bradford . 

July  13, 

ti           It 

William  Linn 

1776. 
1776. 

u 

"    Philadelphia. 
"    New  Brunswick 

John  VVarford     .     . 

July  31, 

a 

John  McKnight  .     . 

Dec. 

1776. 

i( 

"    Donegal. 

Andrew  King      .     . 

June  II, 

1777- 

ie 

"    New  York. 

Thaddeus  Dod  .     . 

Oct. 

1777. 

it 

«            (( 

John  Joline     .     .     . 

Oct.  18, 

1780. 

<( 

it            « 

James  Wilson     .     . 

Aug.  10, 

1785. 

(( 

a                li 

John  McDonald 

Nov.    8, 

1785. 

<( 

«                tc 

Lemuel  Fordham    . 

Dec.    4, 

1787. 

« 

ti                '< 

John  Young  .     ,     . 

Aug.  14, 

1788. 

<( 

it                (( 

David  Austin      .     . 

Sept.    9, 

1788. 

It 

ti                it 

John  Lindsley     .     . 

Nov.  12, 

1788. 

(C 

ti                ti 

Peter  Stryker     .     . 

Nov. 

1788. 

Peter  Fish      .     .     . 

Mar.  25, 

1789. 

New  York 

Presbytery. 

Samuel  Smith     .     . 

789? 

Dutch  Reformed  Classis. 

Asa  Hillyer   .     .     . 

June  28, 

1790. 

Presbytery 

of  New  York. 

Aaron  C.  Collins     . 

Jan.     6, 

1791- 

(( 

a                it 

Calvin  Wliite      .     . 

June  29, 

1791. 

« 

((                      u 

Samuel  Whelply     . 

June  21, 

1792. 

Baptist  Church. 

Aaron  Condict    .     . 

Jan.   15, 

1793- 

Presbytery 

of  Albany. 

John  J.  Carle      .     , 

Feb.    5, 

1793- 

« 

"    New  York. 

Samuel  Miller    .     . 

June    5, 

1793- 

ti 

((            (( 

Jonathan  Freeman  . 

Aug.  28, 

It 

«            (( 

Philip  Milledoler     . 

May  21, 

1794. 

It 

"     Philadelphia. 

Gershom  Williams  . 

June  25, 

1794. 

11 

"     Albany. 

Henry  Cook  .     .     . 

Oct.  15, 

1794- 

<< 

"     New  York. 

James  Richards  .     . 

May     I, 

1795. 

cc 

((                    u 

Edward  D.  Griffin  . 

June    4, 

1795- 

Council  at  New  Hartford,  Ct. 

Robert  Smith      .     . 

. 

1796. 

probably  New  Castle. 

Amzi  Armstrong     . 

Nov.  29, 

1796. 

Presbytery 

of  New  York. 

James  G.  Force  .     . 

Nov.  30, 

1796. 

(( 

(f            it 

Robert  H.  Chapman 

Jan.    5. 

1797- 

a 

«               u 

John  McNiece    •     . 

Nov.  17, 

1797. 

Ballymena, 

Ireland. 

John  B.  Romeyn     . 

May 

1799. 

Classis  of  Albany. 

Thomas  Picton  .     . 

June  13, 

1799. 

Presbytery 

of  Philadelphia. 

Bulkley  Carll      .     . 

June  13, 

1799- 

t( 

it            11 

Matthew  L.  R.  Perrine  June  24, 

1800. 

t( 

New  Brunswick. 

Henry  Kollock  .     . 

Dec.  10, 

1800. 

it 

New  York. 

Stephen  Hayt      .     . 

Oct.    3, 

1801. 

ft 

ti            li 

Stephen  0.  Thompson  Nov.  16, 

1802. 

(( 

<(                    n 

Elias  Riggs   .     .     . 

Aug.   2, 

1803. 

(( 

ti            it 

158 


APPENDIX. 


Daniel  Crane  .  .  Oct.  27,  1803. 
Noah  Crane  .  .  .  Nov.  16, 1803. 
Washington  McKnight  Apr.  26, 1804. 
John  McDowell.  .  Dec.  26,  1804. 
Samuel  Fisher  ,  .  Nov.  i,  1805. 
John  Keyes  .  .  .  Aug.  4,  1807. 
Barnabas  King  .  .  Dec.  27,  1808. 
Eliphalet  Price  .  .  Nov.  14,  i8og. 
James  Glassbrook  .    Association  of 

James  Wilson 

James  Thompson 


Morris  Presbytery. 

Presbytery  of  New  York. 

u  ((  (( 

Fairfield  Co.  Association,  Ct. 
Presbytery  of  New  York. 


Dissenting  Ministers,  Eng. 
.  Irvine  Presbytery,  Scotland. 
.  Dundee  Presbytery,  Scotland. 


LIST    OF     MINISTERS 

BELONGING  TO  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK,  FROM  ITS  REORGAN- 
IZATION IN  1809  TO  THE  REUNION  IN  1870,  WITH  THE  DATE 
OF  THEIR  ORDINATION. 


rv 


Ordained. 

Ordained. 

Judah  I.  Abraham  . 

May, 

1830 

Samuel  T.  Carter    , 

Nov. 

13, 

[862 

James  Adams     .     . 

Oct.   14, 

1830 

George  Carrington  . 

John  Alburtis     .     . 

Mar.  14, 

1819 

Daniel  L.  Carroll     . 

Oct. 

4, 

[827 

Lucius  Alden      .     . 

1825 

Hiram  Chamberlain 

Oct. 

6, 

[825 

James  W.  Alexander 

Mar.    3, 

1827 

Andrew  G.  Chambers  Nov. 

864 

Samuel  D.  Alexander  Nov.  16, 

1848 

George  S.  Chambers 

Dec. 

13, 

867 

Josiah  B.  Andrews . 

Henry  B.  Chapin     . 

Oct. 

29, 

834 

John  Anderson  .     . 

Oct. 

183s 

Isaac  Chase   .     .     . 

823 

John  E.  Annan  .     . 

Joseph  H.  Christmas 

Aug. 

I, 

[824 

Geo.  D.  Archibald  . 

April, 

1850 

Frederick  G.  Clark 

Dec. 

29, 

845 

Samuel  VV.  Bailey  . 

. 

1849 

Alexander  Clements 

May 

0 

[848 

Henry  M.  Baird 

April  19, 

1866 

John  Cloud     .     .     . 

Oct. 

13, 

'833 

Elisha  W.  Baldwin 

Oct.  25, 

1820 

Jonathan  Coggswell 

William  Bannard     . 

Oct.  25, 

1848 

Calvin  Colton     .     . 

[815 

Gerrish  Barrett  .     . 

Aug. 

1826 

Samuel  E.  Cornish 

April 

1 8, 

1822 

Lewis  C.  Bayles 

April  23, 

1862 

Joseph  Cory  .     .     . 

April 

5, 

1835 

James  Beattie     .     . 

April, 

1845 

Samuel  H.  Cox  .     . 

June 

I, 

[817 

Jacob  T.  B.  Beekman 

July, 

1826 

Elias  W.  Crane  .     . 

Jan. 

5, 

[S20 

Robert  Birch .     .     . 

Sept.  1 7, 

1837 

Thomas  Crowther  . 

Aug. 

5. 

[867 

Henry  Blatchford    . 

Nov.  28, 

18x5 

William  B.  Darrah  . 

Oct. 

17, 

[862 

Seth  Bliss       .     .     . 

June, 

1825 

Robert  Davidson     . 

Mar. 

[832 

William  Blood    .     . 

John  T.  M.  Davie  . 

Sept 

18, 

1831 

William  Boardman . 

Isaac  S.  Davison 

June 

16, 

[841 

Lewis  Bond,  Jr.  .     . 

Mar.  10, 

1868 

Robert  A.  Davison 

May 

17, 

[865 

Alfred  P.  Botsford  . 

May  26, 

1854 

Howard  P.  Dechert 

April 

19. 

(866 

Eli  C.  Botsford  .     . 

Jan.  26, 

1854 

John  K.  Demarest  . 

Oct. 

23, 

[866 

George  Bourne  .     . 

Dec.  26, 

1812 

Loring  D.  Dewey    . 

July 

2, 

1817 

Mathias  Bruen    .     . 

Nov.  4, 

1818 

Jared  Dewing       .     . 

June 

II, 

1822 

Benjamin  Burroughs 

Sept.  18, 

1831 

Peter  Donan  .     .     . 

Oct. 

14, 

1830 

Joshua  Butts  .     .     . 

May    8, 

1841 

Peter  Dougherty 

Sept 

10, 

1839 

John  Byers     .     .     . 

Apr.  23, 

1852 

David  Edgar  .     .     . 

June 

10, 

1857 

James  K.  Campbell 

Nov.  30, 

1830 

James  C.  Edwards  . 

April 

16, 

1851 

Hugh  S.  Carpenter 

Oct.  23, 

1845 

John  M.  Ellis      .     , 

1825 

i6o 


APPENDIX. 


Ordained. 
1806 


June  12,  1844 

April  6,  185 1 

1782 

Nov.        1855 


May    6,  1850 

Mar.  25,  17S9 

May   9,  1862 

13 


Ezra  S.  Ely    .     . 

James  Ely  .     .     . 

James  S.  Evans  . 

Thomas  J.  Evans 

George  Faitoute 

Samuel  F.  Farmer 

William  M.  Ferry 

James  Finlay 

James  B.  Finley 

Peter  Fish 

Arthur  Folsom 

Reuben  Frame 

David  R.  Eraser 

Thomas  Frazer  . 

Thomas  Fraser,  Jr. 

Alexander  G.  Frazier 

Christian  F.  Frey    . 

Seymour  P.  Funk    . 

Hugh  Gibson      .     . 

R.  Smith  Goodman 

John  Goldsmith  .     . 

William  R.  Gould    . 

Alexander  J.  Graham  Sept  24,1849 

Abijah  Green      .     .     May,        1838 

Jonathan  Greenleaf,      Mar.  8,  181 5 

Joseph  Greenleaf,  Jr.   Oct.  26,  1863 


Feb 
Mar. 

May 


1833 


8,  1846 


Mar.   6,  1S23 

May  28,  1847 

Oct.  19,  1 8 19 

1814 


William  Gray 

James  Gubby 

George  Hall   . 

John  Hall  .     . 

Charles  E.  Hart 

Joseph  Harvey 

James  V.  Henry 

Nathaniel  Hewet 

MiloJ.  Hickok  . 

Casper  W.  Hodge 

William  J.  Hoge 

Edward  Hopper . 

James  Hoyt    .     . 

Henry  Hunter     . 

James  M.  Hunting 

Charles  K.  Imbri6 

Thomas  Jackson 

Melancthon  W.JacobusSept.15,1839 

A.  D.  Lawrence  Jewett  Sept.  15, 1857 


Jan. 

Dec. 

Jan. 

Oct. 

Dec. 

Oct. 

Oct. 

July 

May 

Nov. 


16,  1816 
4,  1853 

25,  1S37 
9,  1850 
6,  1S63 

24,  1 8 10 
8,  1822 

15,  1815 

4,  1842 

5,  1852 
April  29,  185 1 
Oct.  1843 
April  12,  1846 
Jan.  1822 
June  9,  1829 
Jan.  6,  1841 
Aue.  2,  18 14 


Ordained. 

Baker  Johnson    .     . 

James  R.  Johnston  .  Sept.        1825 

John  Johnstone   .     .  Nov.        1809 

Charles  J.  Jones      ,  Jan.  17,1850 

Albert  Judson 

Alfred  H.  Kellogg   .  Oct.  22,  1862 

David  Kennedy  .     .  June,       1851 

Alfred  Ketchum  .     .  Oct.  21,  1831 

David  King     .     .     .  June  13,  1850 

Frederick  La  Rue  King  Oct.  16,  1855 

Albert  B.  King    .     .  Oct.  22,  i86r 

James  S.  King     .     .  Nov.  25,  1858 

Walter  King  .     .     . 

John  P.  Knox      .     .  1838 

John  M.  Krebs    .     .  Nov.  5,  1830 

Bartolemio  Kriisi     .  Oct.  17,  1867 

William  P.  Kuypers  Feb.    3,  1793 

Joseph  J.  Lampe      .  Oct.  27,  1867 

Sylvester  Earned     .  July  15,  181 7 

John  H.  Leggett      .  Sept.22,  1824 

Lewis  H.  Lee      .     .  Nov.  15,  1848 

David  J.  Lewis    .     .  1845 

Isaac  Lewis    .     .     .  Oct.  14,  1842 

John  Lichenstein 

William  Life  .     .     .  Oct.    3,  1853 

Aaron  L.  Lindsley  .  May    8,  1846 

John  Little       .     .     .  Jan.     5,  1849 

Charles  H.  Lloyd     .  Apr.  27,  1862 

Peter  Lockwood 

Wm.  Lough  ridge     . 

John  C.  Lowrie   .     .  May  23,  1833 

Thomas  L'Hombral  Sept.  12, 1833 

Nathaniel  C.  Locke  Oct.         1845 

Isidor  Loewenthal  June  4,  1855 

Chester  Long      .     . 

William  Lyall      .     .  May,        1833 

John  Lyle    ....  June    2,  1844 

Thomas  McAuley    . 

Robert  McCartee     .  May  20,  18 17 

George  M.  McEckron  Jan.         1853 

James  McFarlane    . 

Robert  McKee    .     .  Jan.         1830 

Alexander  McLelland  Oct.  17,  18 15 

Edward  McLaughlin  Sept.        181 7 

Alexander  McGlashon  Oct.         1844 


James  J.  McMahon 
John  McNiece     .     . 
David  M.  Maclise   . 
James  M.  Macdonald 
James  MacMasters 
Giles  Manwarring    . 
Cyrus  Mason  .     .     . 
John  Mason    .     .     . 
William  Marshall     . 
John  W.  Martin  .     . 
Philip  Milledoler     . 
Matthew  R.  Miller  . 
Samuel  Miller     .     . 
Benjamin  F.  Millard 
Flavel  S.  Mines 
John  H.  Morrison    . 
William  T.  Morrison 
Chauncey  D.  Murray 
James  O.  Murray     . 
John  A.  Murray  .     . 
John  Neander     .     . 

P.  Neil 

Daniel  Newell     .     . 
Francis  Newman 
John  Newton  .     .     . 
James  C.  Nightingale 
Joseph  Nimmo    •     . 
Geo.  P.  Noble     .     . 
Jonathan  H.  Noble 
Samuel  Nott   .     .     . 
Heman  Norton    •     . 
Peter  D.  Oakey  .     . 
Charles  M.  Oakley  . 
Cyrus  Offer     .     .     . 
James  G.  Ogilvie 
Michael  Osborne 
William  W.  Page     . 
Joel  Parker      .     .     . 
Francis  L.  Patton    . 
William  Patton    .     . 
William  M.  Paxton 
Joseph  Penny       .     . 
Matthew  L.  R.  Perrine 
Absalom  Peters  . 
Geo.  W.  Perkins 


A.PPENDIX. 

161 

Ordained. 

Ordained. 

Dec. 

4. 

1S53 

Tallman  C.  Perry    . 

Nov.  12, 

856 

Nov. 

17, 

1797 

Benjamin  T.  Phillips 

Dec.  II, 

844 

Oct. 

1848 

William  W.  Phillips 

April, 

818 

May 

5. 

1835 

Ithamar  Pillsbury    . 

June  19, 

825 

Oct. 

16, 

1825 

Philo  F.  Phelps  .     . 

Sept.  18, 

831 

Aug. 

6, 

1844 

John  B.  Pinney    .     . 

Oct.  12,  1 

832 

Dec. 

7, 

1S26 

Gardiner  S.  Plumley 

Nov.  II, 

855 

Nov. 

13, 

1833 

Augustus  Pomeroy 

] 

825 

Aug. 

7, 

1823 

Nathaniel  S.  Prime 

Oct. 

S09 

Samuel  I.  Prime 

June   4, 

834 

May 

21, 

1794 

Arthur  Potts  .     .     . 

April  10, 

866 

April 

13, 

1846 

George  Potts  .     .     . 

Oct.  17, 

823 

June 

5. 

1793 

James  M.  Priest 

Mar.  12, 

843 

John  Proudfit      .     . 

Oct.    4, 

827 

June 

II, 

1832 

Alexander  Proudfit 

Sept.  ID, 

862 

Oct. 

I, 

1837 

Robert  R.  Proudfit 

June  16, 

S61 

June 

13, 

1S59 

Isaac  Purkiss      .     . 

June  26, 

S09 

Mar. 

1835 

Edward  E.  Rankin  . 

April  23, 

844 

Oct. 

24, 

1854 

Charles  0.  Reynolds 

Aug. 

26, 

1829 

Nathan  L.  Rice  .     . 

June    8, 

833 

June, 

1846 

Henry  A.  Riley  .     . 

April  23, 

835 

Samuel  Robertson  . ' 

Nov.  28, 

816 

Oct. 

27, 

1827 

John  S.  Roberts 

June  16, 

[861 

Dec. 

9, 

1868 

J.  Edson  Rockwell  . 

Oct.  15, 

[841 

Oct. 

26, 

1834 

John  Rodgers      .     . 

Mar.  16, 

749 

Oct. 

23, 

1866 

John  B.  Romeyn 

May, 

799 

May 

31, 

1828 

Charles  D.  Rosentha 

I 

Stephen  N.  Rowan  . 

Dec. 

[807 

April 

21, 

1830 

Morse  Rowell      .     . 

Dec.   9, 

[84s 

Albert  G.  Ruliffson 

May, 

[S62 

Feb. 

9. 

1826 

Joseph  Sanford   .     . 

Oct.  16, 

[823 

Sept 

1844 

Amos  Savage,  Jr.     . 

April  19, 

[826 

Oct. 

25, 

1841 

William  E.  Schenck 

April  27, 

842 

William  A.  Scott      . 

May  17, 

1835 

Moses  C.  Searle 

Sept.  21, 

[826 

Feb 

23, 

1825 

Peter  H.  Shaw    .     . 

Sept.  30, 

[821 

May 

7, 

1869 

William  G.  T.  Shedd 

June   4, 

[844   , 

Feb. 

1827 

Richard  C.  Shimeall 

Mar.  26, 

1825 

June 

I, 

1865 

William  D.  Snodgrass  July  30, 
Ebenezer  11.  Snowden  Oct.  li, 

[819 
[826 

Oct. 

4, 

1848 

Edward  D.  Smith    . 

Mar.   9, 

[831 

Jan. 

15, 

1821 

Gardiner  Spring  .     . 

Aug.  8, 

810 

June 

24, 

1800 

Ward  Stafford     .     . 

July 

5> 

1820 

George  Stebbins 

June  10, 

[824 

May  30, 

1830 

Ichabod  S.  Spencer 

Sept.  1 1, 

1828 

1 62 


APPENDIX. 


P.  Eugene  Stevenson 
John  M.  Stevenson 
Benjamin  F.  Stead  . 
Frederick  Steins 
Archibald  S.  Stewart 
Henry  P.  Strong 
Benjamin  B.  Stockton 
William  H.  Taylor  . 
Robert  G.  Thompson 
John  Thomson    .     • 
John  Truair    .     .     . 
Luther  H.  Van  Doren 
Henry  Van  Dyke     . 
Thomas  E.  Vermilye 
Jacob  Wahrenberger 
Daniel  Waterbury  . 
Jared  Waterbury 


Ordained. 

June  9,  1838 
April  14,  1842 
Feb.  22,  1842 
Mar.  13,  1835 
Oct.  9,  1837 
Sept.  4,  1 8 10 
Oct.  16,  1816 
Feb.  22,  i860 
Oct.  17,  1833 
Mar.        1849 

1S31 
June  1845 
Jan.  15,  1826 
Nov.  1846 
Nov.  13, 1825 
Nov.  13,  1825 


Charles  Webster 
Henry  R.  Weed  .     . 
Elijah  D.  Wells  .     . 
John  D.  Wells     .     . 
Philip  M.  Whelpley 
Samuel  Whelpley    . 
Joseph  D.  Wickam 
Thomas  S.  Wickes 
Marinus  Willet   .     . 
Henry  M.  Wilson    . 
Samuel  R.  Wilson  . 
Enoch  C.  Wines 
Hubbard  Winslow  . 
Nathan  WoodhuU    . 
John  Woodbridge    . 
Theodore  S.  Wrio:ht 


Ordained. 

Mar.  16,  18 18 
Jan.     4,  18 16 

Jan.  20,  1S50 
April  25, 1815 
June  21,  1792 
July  31,  1823 
Sept.  9,  1822 
May  19,  1S58 
Nov.  16,  1851 
April  1842 
Nov.  1849 
Dec.  1828 
Dec.  22,  1785 
June  20,  1810 
Feb.    5,  1829 


LIST    OF    MINISTERS 

BELONGING  TO  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK,  FROM  1870  TO  iS 
WITH  THE  DATE  OF  THEIR  ORDINATION. 


Andrew  Abraham    . 
Matthew  T.  Adam  . 
William  Adams  .     . 
J.  C.  Adamson    .     . 
William  Aikman 
George  Alexander  . 
Samuel  D.  Alexander 
Gustav  Alexy      .     . 
A.  C.  Armstrong,  Jr. 
Antonio  Arrighi  .     . 
Anson  P.  Atterbury 
W.  Wallace  Atterbury 
Samuel  W.  Bailey  . 
Henry  M.  Baird  .     . 
William  Belden  .     . 
William  H.  Belden 
Goodloe  B.  Bell .     . 
John  P.  Betker   .     . 
Llewelyn  D.  Bevan 
A.  R.  Bickenback    . 
Oliver  B.  Bidwell    . 
Walter  H.  Bidwell  . 
Henry  G.  Birchby  . 
Sereno  E.  Bishop    . 
Nicolas  Bjerring 
John  C.  Bliss       .     . 
Seth  Bliss       .     .     . 
Lewis  Bond,  Jr. 
Robert  R.  Booth     . 
George  Bowen    .     . 
Joseph  P.  Bradley   . 
Thomas  S.  Bradner 
John  G.  Brady    .     . 


Ordained. 

Oct.  13,  1848 

1819 
1831 

Feb.  28,  1827 
Dec.  24,  1849 
Jan.  20,  1870 
Nov.  16,  1848 
June  16,  1862 
Feb.  8,  1887 
Mar.  8,  1877 
April  20,  1S80 
Oct.  13,  1848 

1849 
April  19, 1866 

1840 
May  2,  1872 
Oct.  1859 
Sept.  20, 1847 
Feb.  1865 
May  14,  1883 
Dec.  I,  1841 
Sept.  1833 
Nov.  5,  1884 
June    I,  1851 

May  13,  1863 
June  1825 
Mar.  10,  1868 
Nov.  1853 
July  4,  1847 
April  27, 1864 
Sept.  1 2,  1849 
Feb.    4,  1878 


Charles  A.  Brisf^s 


Ordained. 

June  30,  1870 
Alonzo  Brown  .  .  Nov.  5,  1856 
Christopher  R.  Brown  May  21,  1868 
Francis  Brown  .  .  Mar.  20,  1882 
William  Y.  Brown  .  June  15,  1853 
John  M.  Buchanan  .  1847 

Walter  D.  Buchanan  Jan.  27,  1884 
William  H.  Buchanan  July,  i860 
Alfred  Braithwaite  .  April  20,  1879 
Edward  T.  Bromfield  Mar.  3,  1856 
Samuel  D.  Burchard  May  i,  1839 
Elijah  L.  Burnett  .  Jan.  10,  1867 
Joshua  Butts  .  .  .  May  8,  1841 
James  K.  Campbell  Nov.  30,  1830 
William  R.  Campbell  May  10,  1886 


Samuel  Carlile  .  . 
George  S.  Chambers 
James  Chambers 
Henry  B.  Chapin 
Edward  W.  Chester 
William  Chester 
Edward  L.  Clark 
Frederick  G.  Clark 
Charles  J.  Collins  . 
Charles  T.  Collins  . 
Andrew  Colville  .  . 
Revilo  J.  Cone  .  . 
Nathaniel  W.Conkling  Dec 
Wilbur  F.  Crafts  . 
James  G.  Craighead  Oct. 
Samuel  W.  Crittenden  Mar. 
Arthur  Crosby  ,  .  Oct. 
Howard  Crosby  .     -, 


May  20,  1866 
Dec.  13,  1867 
Aug.  3,  1865 
Oct.  29,  1854 
May  31,  1857 
Mar.  31,  1887 
Aug.  1 861 
Feb.  28,  1845 
Dec.  31,  1856 
Dec.  21,  1871 
May  18,  1879 


Oct. 


24, 


1845 
1861 
1872 
1847 
1856 
1870 
1861 


1 64 


APPENDIX. 


Ordained. 

Laurence  P.  Cummings  April  7,  1870 
Samuel  Ives  Curtiss     June    8,  1874 


John  K.  Davis     .     . 

Oct.    9 

1848 

T.  Madison  Dawson 

June  16 

1866 

Philemon  R.  Day     . 

May, 

1864 

Allen  F.  De  Camp  . 

Dec. 

1874 

Edward  M.  Deems 

Oct.  28, 

1877 

Howard  P.  Dechert 

April  3, 

1866 

John  K.  Demarest  . 

Oct.  23, 

1866 

G,  Mousseau  Des  Islets 

1865 

Baxter  Dickenson   . 

Mar.    5, 

1823 

Richard  W.  Dickinson  Oct.  24, 

1828 

Edward  T.  Doane   . 

Feb. 

1854 

D.  Stuart  Dodge      . 

Oct.  16, 

1864 

Conrad  Doench  .     . 

Jan.   1 6, 

1873 

John  Dooly     .     .     . 

May    6, 

1872 

Peter  Dougherty 

Sept.  10, 

1839 

Walter  S.  Drysdale 

April  25, 

1846 

Franklin  B.  Dwight 

May  27, 

1883 

Peter  Z.  Easton  .     . 

April  28, 

1878 

John  H.  Edwards    . 

Feb.    3, 

1863 

Frank  F.  Ellinwood 

June  21, 

1853 

Edgar  A.  Elmore    . 

Dec.    5, 

1876 

William  T.  Elsing   . 

May  25, 

1882 

Brown  Emerson 

1837 

Martin  A.  Erdman  . 

1864 

Charles  P.  Fagnani 

Oct.    8, 

18S2 

Charles  Fanning 

Oct.  23, 

1850 

Robert  S.  Feagles   . 

Oct.  23, 

i860 

Henry  M.  Field  .     . 

1843 

Arthur  Folsom    .     . 

May    9, 

1862 

Lewis  R.  Foote  .     . 

May  21, 

1S72 

Jesse  F.  Forbes 

May    I, 

187S 

Horace  Galpin     .     . 

1826 

Charles  H.  Gardner 

Aug.  22, 

1866 

Henry  H.  Garnet     . 

Nov. 

1844 

F.  v.  D.  Garretson 

Oct.  23, 

1871 

James  F.  Garvin 

May  12, 

1884 

Charles  R.  Gillett    . 

May  10, 

1886 

Ezra  H.  Gillett    .     . 

April  1 6, 

1845 

John  Gillis      .     .     . 

April  28, 

1873 

John  S.  Gilmor    .     . 

Oct. 

1S60 

Adrian  Gory  .     .     . 

Henri  L.  Grandlienard 

1868 

John  Hall  .... 

Oct.    9, 

1850 

William  Hall  .     .     . 
A.  Woodruff  Halsey 
Samuel  M.  Hamilton 
Edward  P.  Hammond 
John  S.  Hanna    .     . 
Thomas  S.  Hastings 
Edwin  F.  Hatfield   . 
Richard  D.  Harlan  . 
Spencer  L.  Hillier  . 
Edward  W.  Hitchcock 
Roswell  D.  Hitchcock 
James  H.  Hoadley  . 
David  Hopkins  .     . 
Edward  Hopper 
Samuel  Houston 
Merill  N.  Hutchinson 
Henry  T.  Hunter     . 
John  Irwin      .     .     . 
Samuel  M.  Jackson 
Philip  Jeblich      .     . 
Harutune  Jenanyan 
Francis  Kecskemeti 
Alfred  H.  Kellogg  . 
Joseph  R.  Kerr   .     . 
Albert  B.  King    .     . 
F.  La  Rue  King 
Howard  Kingsbury 
Charles  A.  Lador     . 
Joseph  J.  Lampe 
James  Latimer     .     . 
Sidney  G.  Law    .     . 
Samuel  S.  Laws  .     . 
John  H.  Leggett 
Theodore  A.  Leggett 
Theodore  Leonhard 
Joseph  P.  Lestrade 
Edwin  R.  Lewis 
James  W.  Lowrie 
John  C.  Lowrie   . 
George  C.  Lucas 
John  Lyle   .     .     . 
William  J.  Macdowell 
Charles  D.  Maclaran 
David  M.  Maclise    . 
Geo.  M.  McCampbell 


Ordained. 

Jan.  20,  1848 
Feb.  1884 
Nov.  15,  1870 
Jan.  2,  1863 
Sept.  3,  1862 
July  7,  1852 
Oct.  6,  1831 
April  I,  18S6 
May  5,  1859 
Aug.  8,  i860 
Nov.  19,  1845 
May  13,  1873 
Jan.  7,  1869 
Dec.  1843 
Jan.  19,  1869 
Dec.  12,  1S69 
Dec.  5,  1876 
April  25, 1882 
May  30,  1876 
Jan.  IS,  1883 
May  10,  18S7 
Mar.  20,  1882 
Oct.  22,  1862 

1864 
Oct.  22,  1 861 
Oct.  15,  1855 
June  20,  1869 
June  6,  i88i 
Oct.  27,  1867 
Oct.  21,  1869 
Oct.  21,  185S 

1851 

1824 
April  29, 1868 
Feb.    1882 

1848 
Nov.  7,  1870 
June  3,  1883 
May  23,  1833 
Feb.  3,  1848 
June  2,  1844 
Jan.  8,  1846 
May  7,  1882 
Oct.  1848 
Sept.  13,  1866 


Henry  M.  McCracken 
George  M.  IMcEckron 
Joseph  McElroy 
Henry  T.  McEwen 
William  Mcjimpsey 
Alexander  McKelvey 
William  J.  IMcKittrick 
Alexander  McKinney 
Alexander  McLachlan 
Alexander  McLean 
John  H.  Magowan  . 
Francis  H.  Marling 
James  Marshall  .     . 
William  A.  Masker 
George  D.  Mathews 
William  F.  Matthews 
Thomas  J.  May 
James  H.  Meeter     . 
George  J.  Mingins  . 
David  Mitchell    .     . 
Alfred  H.  Moment  . 
George  H.  Morrill  . 
Richard  C.  Morse    . 
James  Morton     .     . 
Elijah  D.  Murphy   . 
James  O.  Murray     . 
William  W.  Newell 
William  W.  Newell,  Jr. 
James  C.  Nightingale 
Henry  D.  Northrop 
George  E.  Northrup 
Thomas  C.  Oliver    , 
John  Orcutt    .     .     . 
AVilliam  W.  Page    . 
Andrew  J.  Park  .     . 
Joel  Parker     .     . 
Justin  W.  Parsons  . 
Levi  H.  Parsons 
Charles  H.  Parkhurst 
Henry  M.  Paynter  . 
Charles  S.  Payson  . 
Edward  P.  Payson  . 
George  S.  Payson    . 
John  R.  Paxton  .     . 
WiUiam  M.  Paxton 


A.PPENDIX. 

165 

Ordained. 

Ordained. 

Nov. 

1S63 

George  0.  Phelps   . 

June, 

863 

Jan. 

1853 

John  B.  Pinney  .     . 

Oct. 

12, 

832 

Vincent  Pisek     .     . 

May 

14, 

883 

Nov. 

17, 

1881 

George  E.  Post  .     . 

June 

5, 

861 

Oct. 

20, 

1823 

Edward  Pratt      .     . 

June  13, 

879 

June, 

1858 

George  L.  Prentiss  . 

845 

Jan. 

20, 

1S80 

Edward  D.  G.  Prime 

June 

12, 

839 

May 

18, 

1886 

Wendell  Prime   .     . 

Oct. 

21, 

861 

May 

10, 

1887 

Samuel  I.  Prime 

June 

4, 

834 

Jan. 

1857 

Hugh  Pritchard  .     . 

Nov. 

13. 

882 

June 

24, 

1883 

James  S.  Ramsay     . 

864 

Nov. 

7, 

1849 

Gilbert  Reid    .     .     . 

May 

7, 

882 

July, 

1862 

John  G.  Reid  .     .     . 

April 

3, 

877 

June 

5, 

1870 

William  H.  Rice      . 

Oct. 

8, 

869 

Aug. 

1854 

Edward  Riggs     .     . 

June 

13^ 

869 

Dec. 

20, 

1874 

Charles  S.  Robinson 

April 

i9> 

85s 

May 

J5, 

1877 

Edwin  E.  Rogers     . 

May 

17, 

881 

Aug. 

7, 

1870 

Stealy  B.  Rossiter    . 

April 

, 

869 

1862 

Morse  Rowell      .     . 

Dec. 

9, 

845 

Dec. 

1S67 

Albert  G.  Ruliffson 

May, 

S62 

July 

9, 

1876 

Joseph  Sanderson    . 
George  Saul    .     .     . 

] 

849 

Dec. 

21, 

1868 

Joseph  A.  Saxton     . 

June 

7, 

843 

Jan. 

12, 

1850 

Philip  Schaff  .     .     . 

844 

May 

4, 

1853 

William  R.  Scarrett 

April 

, 

[877 

Oct. 

1854 

David  Scott,  Jr.  .     . 

June 

24, 

[S77 

July 

8, 

1833 

Erastus  Seymour     . 

862 

Sept. 

24, 

1865 

Harvey  Shaw       .     . 

May 

7, 

[882 

Oct. 

23» 

1866 

George  L.  Shearer  . 

Oct. 

16, 

[865 

Oct. 

1861 

William  G.  T.  Shedd 

June 

4, 

1844 

1 866 

George  W.  Sheldon 

May 

5, 

1S70 

1848 

Andrew  Shiland  .     . 

Nov. 

25, 

1847 

Aug. 

183s 

Richard  C.  Shimeall 

Mar. 

26, 

1825 

May 

7, 

1869 

Albert  B.  Simpson  . 

Sep. 

15. 

1865 

April 

22 

1866 

Thomas  H.  Skinner 

June 

10, 

1813 

Feb. 

1827 

Robert  Sloss  .     .     . 

Sept 

I3> 

1868 

Dec. 

26. 

1849 

Edward  D.  Smith    . 

Mar. 

9. 

1831 

May 

1858 

Henry  B.  Smith  .     . 

1841 

May 

H, 

1874 

George  M.  Smith     . 

Oct. 

19, 

1859 

Roswell  D.  Smith    . 

July 

26, 

1864 

Nov. 

25 

i860 

T.  Ralston  Smith    . 

Oct. 

15, 

1851 

Feb. 

23  > 

1864 

George  H.  Smyth    . 

Oct. 

16, 

1864 

June 

8, 

1874 

Hugh  Smythe      .     . 

Mar. 

1S67 

June 

) 

1 87 1 

John  Spaulding    .     . 

Sept 

1828 

Oct. 

4, 

1848 

Gardiner  Spring  .     . 

Aug. 

8, 

1810 

i66 


APPENDIX. 


Frederick  J.  Stanley 
William  Stephenson 
David  Stevenson 
John  M.  Stevenson 
Charles  A.  Stoddard 
Thomas  Street    .     . 
William  P.  Strickland 
Isaac  P.  Stryker 
Morris  C.  Sutphen  . 
J.  Ford  Sutton    .     . 
Howard  A.  Talbot  . 
Henry  P.  Tappan    . 
John  B.  Taylor  .     . 
John  Thomson    .     . 
James  M.  Thompson 
Robert  R.  Thompson 
Paul  Thyholdt     .     . 
Charles  Tracy     .     . 
William  J.  Tucker  . 
Sigmund  Uhfelder 
Thomas  G.  WaU     . 


Ordained. 

Dec.  1876 
June,  1855 
May,  1852 
April  14, 1S44 
Sept.  18,  1859 
April,   1850 

1836 
Feb.  2,  1843 
May  I,  i860 
Dec.  8,  1857 
May  4,  1875 

1828 
May  10,  1880 
Mar.  1844 
May  23,  1872 
Jan.  21,  1855 

July  7,  1867 
Jan.  27,  1867 

Oct.  17,  1852 


Charles  C.  Wallace  June 
George  H.  Wells  .  Oct. 
Erskine  N.  White  .  June 
John  T.  Wilds  .  .  Oct. 
Livingston  Willard  .  Dec. 
Marinus  Willet  .  .  May 
Frederick  T.  Williams 
William  W.  Williams  May 
Henry  R.  Wilson,  Jr.  July, 


James  D.  Wilson 
Aaron  Wilkie  .  . 
Enoch  C.  Wines 
George  W.  Wood  . 
Julius  Wolff  .  .  . 
William  Wolff  .  . 
Louis  Wolferz  .  . 
John  M.  Worrall  . 
Herman  D.  Wragge 
David  G.  Wylie 
Duncan  M.  Young  . 


July 
Nov. 


Jan. 

Nov. 

June 

Oct. 

Dec. 


Ordained. 

4,  1856 

I,  1867 

9,  1859 

26,  1885 

3»  1844 

19,  1858 

1854 

14,  1S65 

1868 

I,  1863 

1864 

1849 

1837 


1876 

1851 

10,  1861 

26,  1884 

1871 


CANDIDATES    LICENSED 


BY   THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK,  UP  TO   i8?0. 


Licensed. 


Adams,  James     .     . 
Adams,  John  W. 
Alden,  Joseph     .     . 
Alexander,  Henry  C. 
Axtel,  Henry       .     . 
Backus,  J.  Trumbull 
Baker,  George  D.    . 
Baldwin,  Barlow 
Baldwin,  Joseph  B. 
Bannard,  William    . 
Barrett,  Myron    .     . 
Bayles,  Lewis  C. 
Beattie,  David     . 
Beck  with,  George    . 
Birch,  Robert      .     . 
Blatchford,  Henry   . 
Blatchford,  John 
Blauvelt,  Cornelius  R. 
Boardman,  Henry  A. 
Bond,  Lewis  C.   .     • 
Breed,  William  P.    . 
Briggs,  Charles  A.  . 
Brobston,  William  . 
Brown,  Allen  H. 
Brown,  William  B.  . 
Bullions,  Alexander  B, 
Burroughs,  Benjamin 
Bush,  George      .     . 
Byers,  John    .     .     . 
Cant,  James         .     . 
Carpenter,  Hugh  S. 
Chamberlain,  Hiram 
Chapin,  Henry  B.    . 


April  22, 
Oct.  13, 
Oct.  15, 
April  7, 
Oct.  15, 
Oct.  15, 
Oct.  14, 
Oct.  13, 
April  23, 
April  21, 
April  16, 
Oct.  10, 
April  21, 
April2i, 
Oct.  13, 
April  20, 
April  18, 
April  1 7, 
April  17, 
April  17, 
April  21, 
April  18, 
Nov.  II, 
April  19, 
Oct.  10, 
April  17, 
April  21, 
April  18, 
April  16, 
Oct.  10, 
April  1 7, 
April  22, 
Oct.  II, 


1829 
1825 
1830 
1858 
1829 
1S30 
1862 
1841 
1830 
1847 
1851 
1851 
1852 
1826 
1836 
1815 
1823 
1867 

1833 
1867 

1847 
1866 
1828 
1843 
1849 
184s 
1831 
1823 
1851 
1822 

1845 
182s 

1853 


Childs,  Thomas  S. 
Cleveland,  Richard  F. 
Coan,  George  W.    . 
Cochran,  Andrew    . 
Condit,  Robert  A.   . 
Conkling,  Cornelius  S. 
Conkling,  Timothy  . 
Conway,  David  .     . 
Covert,  John.      .     . 
Cox,  Samuel  H. 
Crane,  Elias  N.  .     . 
Crowther,  Thomas  . 
Currie,  William  F.  . 
Dana,  John  J.     .     . 
Darrah,  William  B. 
Davie,  J.  B.  Marshall 
Davis,  Jesse  B.  .     . 
Dechert,  Howard  P. 
De  Veuve,  Prentiss  A. 
Dewey,  Orville    .     . 
Dewing,  Thomas  S. 
Dewitt,  John  .     .     . 
Dewitt,  William  R. 
Dod,  William  A.     . 
Donan,  Peter      .     . 
Dorland,  Luke    .     . 
Dougherty,  Peter     . 
Dripps,  Joseph  F.    . 
Edgar,  Edward  B.  . 
Edwards,  Tryon 
Eells,  Edward     .     . 
Elliott,  Jared  L.  .     . 
Evans,  Samuel  J.     . 


Licensed. 

April  17, 1850 
April  17, 182S 
April  18, 1849 
April  17, 1850 
April  22,  1863 
April  17, 1839 
April  17, 1839 
Oct.  21,  1868 
April  20, 181 5 
Oct.  10,  1816 
April  18,  1855 
April  18,1866 
Oct.  10,  1S22 
Oct.  13,  1834 
April  25, 1S61 
Oct.  15,  1829 
April  18, 1849 
April  20, 1865 
April  16, 1856 
Oct.  14,  1818 
April  17,  1850 
April  20,  1864 
April  23,  181 8 
April  21,  1847 
April  22,  1830 
April  1 7,  1 845 
Oct.  II,  1837 
April  17, 1867 
April  24,  1840 
Oct.  9,  1833 
April  23,  1846 
April  30,  1834 
April  17,  1839 


1 68 


APPENDIX. 


Evans,  Thomas  J.  . 
Ferrier,  Edsall    ,     . 
Ferry,  William  M.  . 
Foster,  Julius      .     . 
Forest,  William  W. 
Frazer,  Thomas 
Gamble,  Joseph 
Goodman,  R.  Smith 
Graham,  Alexander  J. 
Gray,  William    .     . 
Greene,  Joseph  M. 
Greenleaf,  Joseph    . 
Gulick,  Alexander  . 
Haley,  Charles  T.  . 
Halliday,  David  M. 
Hammil,  Robert 
Hamilton,  Edward  J. 
Harris,  John  K.  .     . 
Harris,  William  .     . 
Harrison,  George  J. 
Hart,  Charles  E.     . 
Henderson,  J.  S.  H. 
Heyer,  William  S.  . 
Higbie,  Daniel    .     . 
Hinsdale,  Horace  G. 
Holt,  Edwin  .     .     . 
Hoover,  Thomas  D. 
Hopkins,  Judson  S- 
Hosford,  Frederick 
Howell,  Samuel  N. 
Hubbard,  Joseph  W. 
Hughes,  Thomas  W. 
Hunter,  John      .     . 
Hunter,  Moses   .     . 
Huntington,  L.  J.  F. 
Hutchins,  Samuel    . 
Hutchinson,  S.  N. 
Irvin,  William     .     . 
Jerome,  Aaron  B.    . 
Johnson,  Baker  .     . 
Johnson,  Daniel  M. 
Judson,  Albert    .     . 
Junkin,  William  F. 
Kent,  Aratus      .     . 
Kempshall,  Everard 


Licensed.  | 

Oct.   12, 

1847 

April  7, 

1858 

May  30, 

1822 

Oct.  13, 

[836 

April  23, 

1846 

April  17, 

1845 

Oct.   10, 

[866 

April  23, 

1846 

Sept.  24, 

1849 

Oct.  II, 

1815 

April  17, 

1867 

Oct.  14, 

1862 

April  17, 

1S39 

Oct.     3, 

[858 

Sept.  12, 

"837 

April  17, 

1845 

April  7, 

[858 

April   7, 

1858 

Oct.  10, 

t86o 

April  21, 

1847 

Oct.  10, 

r86o 

Oct.   22, 

1841 

April  19, 

[821 

Oct.     8, 

[S39 

April  18, 

[85s 

Oct.  13, 

[825 

April  20, 

[S53 

Oct.  12, 

864 

April  19, 

[843 

April  16, 

856 

April  16, 

862 

Oct.  16, 

828 

April  21, 

819 

April  21, 

[815 

April  23, 

830 

April  16, 

862 

Oct.   10, 

860 

Oct.  10,  1 

838 

April  23, 

830 

April  22, 

825 

Oct.  14,  ] 

824 

April  19, 

854 

April  20,  1 

820 

April  18,  I 

855 

Licensed. 

Ketchum,  Alfred     .  April  21,1831 

Kimball,  Milton       .  April 22,  1829 

King,  David  .     .     .  April  18,  1849 

King,  James  S.  .     .  April  7,  1S58 

KnoCise,  William  H.  Oct.  13,  1858 

Lanneau,  John  F.    .  April  16,  1832 

Earned,  Sylvester   .  April  17,  1817 

La  Tourette,  J.  A.  M.  April  16,  1851 

Lee,  Lewis  H.    .     .  April  21,  1847 

Lewis,  John  N.  .     .  Oct.  12,  1831 

Lindsley,  Aaron  L.  April  17,  1845 

Little,  Elbridge  G.  .  April  19,  1S48 

Little,  James  .     .     .  April  28,  1859 

Lloyd,  Charles  H.  .  April  16,  1862 

Lloyd,  John   .     .     .  April  17,  1844 

Loewenthal,  Isador  Oct.         1854 

Logan,  Samuel  C.  .  Oct.   10,  1S49 

Lord,  Jeremiah  T.  .  April  13,  1839 

Lyman,  Henry    .     .  April  24,  1840 

Lyman,  Solomon     .  Oct.  14,  1824 

Lyon,  David  C.  .     .  April  17,  1845 

Mack,  William    .     .  Feb.    4,  1834 

Mann,  Joseph  R.     .  April  21,  1847 

Mason,  Cyrus     .     .  Oct.  13,  1826 

Mason,  John  .     .     .  Oct.   17,  1832 
McCuIlagh,  Archibald  April  i3,  1870 

McDevitt,  John  .     .  April  21,  1852 

McElroy,  William  C.  April  17,  1833 

McGee,  William  C.  April  24, 1840 

McGregor,  Donald  June    6,  1870 

McGregor,  Edwin  R.  April  23,  1846 
McMasters,  James  W.  Oct.  14,1824 

McNulty,  John  .     .  Oct.  11,1852 

Merrill,  Benjamin    .  April  22,  1S63 

Merwin,  Miles  T.    .  Oct.  13,  1841 

Miller,  Edward  R.  .  June    6,  1870 

Mills,  James  H.       .  April  17,  181 7 

Mitchell,  David  .     .  April  17,  1867 

Monteith,  Walter    .  April  23,  1818 

Morrison,  John  H.  .  Sept.  12,  1837 

Morrison,  William  T.  April  28,  1859 

Morton,  John  B.      .  Oct.  10,  1838 

Mott,  George  S.      .  April  20,  1853 

Murdock,  Alexander  April  19,  1854 

Murdock,  David      •  April  19,  1848 


APPENDIX. 


169 


Licensed. 


Licensed. 


i/. 


Myers,  Peter  J.  H. 
Neill,  H.  Humphrey 
Neuman,  Frederick  M 
Nightingale,  James  C. 
Nixon,  George    .     . 
Noble,  Jonathan  H. 
Noll,  Frederick  M. 
Oakley,  Charles  M. 
Osboroe,  Michael    . 
Page,  William  W.   . 
Patton,  Jacob  H.     . 
Peck,  T.  R.  G.  .     . 
Peters,  Absalom 
Phelps,  Philo  T.      . 
Phraner,  Wilson     . 
Pillsbury,  Ithamer  . 
Piatt,  Isaac  W.  .     . 
Piatt,  James  M. 
Potts,  Arthur      .     . 
Prime,  George  W.  . 
Proudfit,  Alexander 
Proudfit,  Robert  R. 
Richards,  Elias  T. 
Riley,  Henry  A. 
Roberts,  John  S.     . 
Rodgers,  Ravaud  K. 
Rodney,  Caleb  H.  . 
Rogers,  Joseph  .     . 
Rowell,  Thompson 
Ruggles,  Henry  E. 
Russell,  James  R.    . 
Ryerson,  Martin  W. 
Sackett,  Milton  A.  . 
Sahler,  Daniel  D.    . 
Sanford,  Joseph 
Savage,  Amos  W.  . 
Scott,  James  .     .     . 
Scribner,  William  . 
Searle,  Thomas  C.  . 
Shaw,  Peter  H.  .     . 
Smith,  Burret  A.     . 


April  1 7, 
Feb.  I, 
.  April  1 7, 
April  20, 
April  7, 
April  22, 
April  20, 
Oct.  14, 
Oct.  10, 
Feb.  I, 
April  23, 
Oct.  II, 
April  21, 
Oct.  15, 
April  17, 
Oct.  14, 
April  23, 
April  20, 
April  20, 
April  26, 
April  16, 
April  25, 
April  19, 
Oct.  10, 
April  25, 
April  24, 
April  14, 
April  19, 
April  21, 
April  1 7, 
April  13, 
April  21, 
April  20, 
April  18, 
April  18, 
Oct.  14, 
Oct.  15, 
April  19, 
April  22, 
Oct.  14, 
April  25, 


850 
869 
867 
865 
858 
829 
842 
840 
822 
849 
846 

853 
819 
830 
850 
824 
818 

853 
865 
860 
862 
861 
838 
832 
861 
818 
869 
848 
847 
850 
870 
847 
842 

855 
823 
824 
834 
843 
815 
818 
861 


Smith,  Reuben   .     . 
Snowden,  Ebenezer  H. 
Specs,  Shubael  B.  . 
Spoeyiiski,  Stephen 
Stebbins,  James 
Steel,  Robert      .     . 
Steel,  T.  C.    .     .     . 
Stevenson,  Paul  E. 
Strong,  Ephraem 
Strong,  Paschal  M. 
Strong,  Thomas  M. 
Tappan,  Henry  P.  . 
Taylor,  George  J.    . 
Taylor,  WiUiam  H. 
Thayer,  Foster  .     . 
Thompson,  William  J. 
Thompson,  William  S. 
Van  Aiken,  Gulick 
Vandewater,  Albertus 
Vermilye,  Robert  G. 
Vermilye,  Thomas  F. 
Wall,  Bloomfield     . 
Wall,  Edward      .     . 
Wall,  Thomas  G.    . 
Waterbury,  Jared  B. 
Waterbury,  Daniel . 
Waterman,  Alfred  T. 
Webster,  Richard   . 
Wells,  Daniel      .     . 
Whelpley,  Samuel  W. 
White,  David     .     . 
Whiting,  George  B. 
Whiting,  Samuel  P. 
Wickes,  Thomas  S. 
Williams,  WiUiam  H. 
Willet,  Marinus 
Woodbridge,  S.  .     . 
Woodhull,  G.eorge  S. 
Wylie,  James  S. 
Wynkoop,  Theodore  S 
Young,  James  R.     . 


Oct.  12, 
Oct.  14, 

Sept.  12, 
Jan.  21, 
April  1 7, 
Oct.  10, 
Oct.  9, 
April  20, 
April  20, 
April  22, 
Oct.  13, 
Oct.  10, 
Oct.  12, 
Oct.  23, 
April  23, 
April  15, 
Oct.  20, 
April  20, 
April  18, 
April  19, 
April  22, 
Oct.  14, 
April  16, 
April  16, 
April  22, 
April  19, 
April  26, 
Oct.  8, 
April  19, 
April  17, 
Oct.  14, 
April  20, 
April  25, 
April  21, 
Oct.  13, 
April  22, 
Oct.  14, 
April  21, 
April  20, 
.April  20, 
Oct.  10, 


Sis 
824 

837 
85s 
84s 
S66 
866 

837 
836 
815 
819 

827 

847 
859 
S30 
868 
842 
864 

849 
838 
825 
840 
851 
851 
825 
S21 
S60 

S33 
83S 

817 

835 
827 
861 
819 
S26 
857 
834 
852 
864 
864 
848 


LICENTIATES    RECEIVED   FROM   OTHER 
PRESBYTERIES. 


Received. 


Abraham,  Juda  Isaac,  from  Andover  Association,  Mass.  .  April  20, 

Anderson,  John,  foreign Oct.    14, 

Baird,  Henry  M.,  New  Brunswick  Presbytery    ....  Ajjril  18, 

Botsford,  Eli  C,       "             "                 "                 ....  Jan.     16, 

Briggs,  Marvin        "            "                "                ....  Oct.      8, 

Brown,  Edmund  W.,  Congregational  Association,  N.  Y.  April  28, 

Brown,  Robert  B.,  Reformed  Presbyterian  Church  .     .     .  Oct.      9, 

Cloud,  John,  Presbytery  of  Ohio Oct.      9, 

Darling,  Charles  C,  New  Brunswick  Presbytery     .     .     .  April  16, 

Demarest,  John  K.,      "            "                  "              ...  Oct.      9, 

Edwards,  James  C,  Newton  Presbytery Feb.     4, 

Epstein,  Ephraem  M.,  Andover  Association Oct.    14, 

Funk,  Seymour  P.,  Reformed  Dutch  Church Jan.    13, 

Garenfield,  Gustavus,  Evangelical  Church  of  Prussia  .     .  June  28, 

Goldsmith,  John,  Long  Island  Presbytery Oct.    13, 

Hodge,  Casper  W.,  New  Brunswick  Presbytery      .     .     .  June   12, 

Jackson,  Thomas,  Lexington                       "               ...  Aug.     2, 

King,  Albert  B.,  Elizabeth  town                   "               ...  Oct.    12, 

Kriisi,  Bartolemio,  Appengell,  Switzerland May    28, 

Lampe,  Joseph  J.,  Bloomington  Presbytery Oct.      8, 

Lively,  William,  Troy  Presbytery Oct.    14, 

Magie,  George  A.,  Eastern  Association,  Michigan  .     .     .  April  15, 

McLelland,  Alexander,  Associate  Presbytery  of  Cambridge  Sept.  13, 

Moore,  William,  Belfast,  Ireland Nov.  13, 

Newton,  John,  Steubenville  Presbytery       Oct.    22, 

Patton,  Francis  L.,  New  Brunswick  Presbytery  ....  May   22, 

Perkins,  George  W.,  Eastern  District  Ass'n,  New  Haven  May      7, 

Perry,  Talman  C,  Fairfield  West  Association     ....  Oct.    14, 

Plumley,  Gardiner  S.,  Ass'n  of  New  York  and  Brooklyn  Oct.      9, 

Priest,  James  M.,  Louisville  Presbytery Mar.     7, 

Spring,  Gardiner,  Westford  Association,  Mass Aug.     7, 

Strauss,  Julius,  Baltimore  Presbytery Jan.       3, 

Weed,  Henry  R.,  New  Brunswick  Presbytery     ....  Dec.   12, 

Wells,  John  D.,  North  River                    "            ....  April  15, 

Whelpley,  Philip  M.,  Presbytery  of  Jersey Oct.     11, 

Wilson,  Henry  M.,  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia   ....  April  17, 


830 

S34 
866 

S54 
861 
859 
855 
833 
£61 
866 
S34 
S57 
S23 
S52 
819 
S54 
814 
858 
£66 
S67 
£40 
856 
815 
S32 

S34 
86s 
830 
Ss6 

S55 
843 
810 

854 

Sis 
845 
814 
849 


CANDIDATES    LICENSED 


BY   THE   PRESBYTERY   OF    NEW   YORK  FROM    1870  TO    1SS8. 


Licensed. 

Oct.  25,  1870, 
April  10,  1 87 1, 


June    5,  1871, 
April  10, 1872, 


May    7,  1872, 

June  3,  1872, 
Dec.  2,  1872, 
April  21, 1873, 


Sept.   8,1873, 
April  7, 1874, 


Samuel  Ives  Curtiss. 
David  J.  Burrell. 
J.  De  Hart  Bruen. 
G.  A.  F.  Van  Rhyn. 
George  S.  Payson. 
Oscar  J.  Hardin. 
Walter  H.  Ayres. 
George  N.  Snyder. 
Patrick  D.  McEIroy. 
T.  F.  Chambers. 
Joseph  H.  Whitehead. 
Gustav  Alexy. 
John  Redpath. 
Henry  L.  Burnstein. 
William  G.  Marts. 
George  B.  Newell. 
William  R.  Scarrett. 
James  M.Thompson. 
William  M.Beckwith. 
Lewis  R.  Foote. 
David  L.  Smart. 
James  F.  Donaldson. 
Conrad  Doench. 
Archibald  A.  Coney. 
Brown  H.  Emerson. 
William  H.  Ford. 
James  H.  Hoadley. 
Edgar  A.  Hamilton. 
Laurence  T.  Shuler. 
Thomas  D.  Jester. 
John  Gillis. 
Abraham  H.  Bates. 
James  H.  Gerhard. 
Edward  C.  Hood. 


Licensed. 

April   7,  1874,  John  P.  Hale. 

"        "       D.  L.  McKechnie. 

"         "      James  T.  Ford. 

"        "      Oliver  C.  Morse. 

"         "       William  C.  Lynch. 

«         «       T.  F.  Burnham. 

"        "      Robert  H.Wilkinson. 

"         »       William  D.  Perry. 

"         "      James  P.  Bryant. 

"        "       Robert  Barbour. 

"  "  Henry  T.  Hunter. 
Oct.  12,  1874,  W.  F.  Matthews. 
April  6,  1875,  Calvin  Keyser. 

"         "       C.  C.  McDonald. 

"         "       William  O.  Rustin. 

"         "       Alexander  C.  Rustin. 

"        "      Alexander  C.Stewart. 

"         "       Howard  A.  Talbot. 
July  12,  1875,  William  J.  Gumming. 
April   4, 1876,  James  H.  Hoyt. 

"         "       William  Frizzell. 

"         "       Henry  G.  Miller. 

"         "       Samuel  McBride. 

"        "      Joseph  W.  Earnshaw. 

"         "       Enoch  Benson. 

"         "       David  S.  S chaff. 

"        "      George  A.  Ford. 

"         "       David  Scott. 

"  "  John  G.  Reid. 
Feb.  5,  1877,  Philip  Jeblich. 
May    7,  1877,  William  Anderson. 

"        "      John  G.  Brady. 

"        "      James  Campbell. 

"        "      Allan  Marquand. 


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APPENDIX. 


Licensed. 

Licensed. 

May     7, 

1877,  Thomas  J.  May. 

May 

I, 

1882, 

u 

"       Thomas  A.  Nelson. 

Mar. 

12, 

1883, 

(( 

"      George  H.  Wallace. 

May 

14, 

1SS3, 

(( 

"       Henry  B.  Jefferson. 

" 

"      Edgar  A.  Elmore. 
"       Edward  Schofield,  Jr. 

" 

>( 

a 

"       William  C.  Stevens. 
"      Edward  M.  Deems. 

" 

k( 

May    6, 

1878,  Richard  B.  Mattice. 

(( 

" 

(( 

"       Samuel  L.  Sliver. 

i( 

a 

(( 

"      Robert  W.  Hill. 

" 

t  ( 

"       Frank  S.  Child. 

"       Charles  H.  Purmort. 

June 

11, 

1SS3, 
u 

(( 

^'       Edward  W.  Lake. 

May 

5, 

1884, 

June    3, 

1S78,  Anson  P.  Atterbury. 

(( 

ii 

May    5, 

1879,  Edward  Pratt. 
"       Luther  M.  Kumler. 

a 
(( 

11 

(( 

"       C.  K.  Clearwater. 

May 

ri> 

1885, 

(( 

"       Harry  H.  Henry. 

( ( 

u 

a 

"       Samuel  B.  Neilson. 
"       Robert  T.  Listen. 

(( 

June    2, 

1879,  Eugene  L.  Mapes. 

H 

(( 

(( 

"       Arthur  Newman. 

May 

[Q, 

1886, 

May    3, 

(1 

18S0,  Harris  G.  Rice. 
"       Charles  R.  Gillett. 

11 

u 

"      John  B.  Taylor. 
"       A.  R.  Stevenson. 

11 

(( 

"       David  M.  Hunter. 

(( 

" 

(i 

"       Charles  B.  Chapin. 

(1 

(( 

(( 

"       John  J.  Munroe. 

(( 

11 

li 

"       Henry  A.  Lewis. 

May 

9> 

1887, 

May  10, 

1880,  Joshua  B.  Gallaway. 

(1 

(( 

Jan.    3, 

1881,  Eugene  Peck. 

u 

" 

May    2, 

1881,  Edwin  E.  Rogers. 

11 

u 

<( 

"      William  J.  Oliver. 

( i 

(( 

a 

"      Peter  McMillan. 

n 

u 

i( 

"       Samuel  W.  Eddy. 

n 

n 

n 

"       Charles  A.  Lador. 

(( 

u 

June   6, 

1881,  R.  Howard  Bent. 

il. 

(( 

May    I, 

1882,  Charles  P.  Fagnani. 

11 

<( 

'  " 

"       Gilbert  Reid. 

(( 

it 

a 

"       Thomas  C.  Hall. 

«( 

n 

a 

"      John  A.  MacColl. 

(( 

u 

u 

"       Charles  D.Maclaren. 

{( 

(( 

Harvey  Shaw. 
Nicolas  Bjerring. 
Robert  J.  Service. 
August.  Bickenback. 
D.  W.  Hutchinson. 
Vincent  Pisek. 
Franklin  B.  Dwight. 
Earle  T.  Lockard. 
Paul  Van  Dyke. 
James  W.  Lowrie. 
James  D.  Paxton. 
John  Hall  Magowan. 
Walter  D.Buchanan. 
David  G.  Wylie. 
S.  G.  Anderson. 
James  F.  Garvin. 
Henry  G.  Smith. 
James  Carter. 
J.  G.  Hamner,  Jr. 
Frank  H.  Wright. 
A.  C.  Armstrong,  Jr. 
Vernon  M.Olyphant. 
Guido  Bossard. 
James  B.  McFeeters. 
Jonathan  Greenleaf. 
Norman  N.  Skinner. 
Alex.  H.  McKinney. 
Robert  K.  Wick. 
W.  R.  Campbell. 
Robert  Ferguson. 
W.  Scott  Watson,  Jr. 
William  P.  Bruce. 
John  B.  Devins. 
Howard  S.  Bliss. 
Horace  C.  Keeley. 
James  L.  Mitchell. 
R.  Gordon  Mackay. 
John  S.  Penman. 
Frank  M.  Weeks. 
Stanley  White. 
Clarence  H.  Wilson. 
Charles  E.  Herring. 
William  D.  Grant. 
Alex.  IMcLachlan. 


LICENTIATES    RECEIVED 


BY  THE   PRESBYTERY  OF   NEW  YORK  FROM   1S70  TO  1888. 


Received. 

June  27,  1870, 


Oct. 

17, 

1871, 

Dec. 

3. 

1876, 

Feb.  5, 

1877, 

April 

H, 

1879, 

May 

5, 

1879, 

Jan. 

5, 

1880, 

Nov. 

7, 

1881, 

May 

II, 

1885, 

Feb. 

8, 

1886, 

Samuel  J.  Parker,  from  New  York  fourth  Presbytery. 

Ezra  W.  Goodrich,  " 

William  B.  Dwight,  " 

Robert  H.  Williamson,        " 

William  H.  Ford, 

Elijah  C.  Baldwin,  " 

Charles  H.  Barrett,  " 

Alfred  H.  Penland,  " 

Lewis  O.  Thompson,  " 

George  W.  Wood,  " 

James  Marshall,  " 

Eugene  Douglass,  "  third 

Ferdinand  V.  D.  Garretson, 

Charles  A.  Kingsbury,         " 

William  H.  Belden,  " 

Howard  Cornell,  " 

John  Thomson,  " 

Henry  T.  Rose,  " 

John  H.  Brown,  " 

Walter  W.  Curtis,  " 

Edward  W.  Fisher,  " 

Henry  Z.  McLain,  " 

Henry  H.  Rice,  " 

Luther  G.  Pert,  " 

Joseph  H.  Reid,  " 

Peter  Z.  Easton,  " 

S.  P.  Dunlap,  from  Congreg.  Assoc,  New  Haven,  Ct. 

Benjamin  F.  Sargent,  from  Central  East  Assoc,  111. 

Edward  P.  Foster,  from  New  Haven  East  Assoc,  of  Ct. 

Alfred  Braithwaite,  from  Wesleyan  Church. 

Andrew  Colville,  "  " 

William  J.  McKittrick,  from  Presbytery  of  Columbia. 

Henry  T.  McEwen,  "  "        Erie. 

John  T.  Wilds,  "  "        N.  Brunswick. 

Richard  D.  Harlan,  "  "    Washington  City. 

John  S.  Allen,  from  Reformed  Presbytery  of  New  York. 


LIST     OF     MINISTERS 

BELONGING  TO    THE    FOURTH    PRESBYTERY    OF  NEW   YORK    FROM    ITS 

UNION  WITH  THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY  IN   1822 

TO  THE  REUNION  IN  1S70. 


Gorham  D.  Abbott . 
Matthew  T.  Adam  . 
William  Adams  .     . 
J.  Holmes  Agnew   . 
William  J.  Armstrong 
John  F.  Astic      .     . 
Daniel  T.  Bagg  .     . 
Samuel  W.  Bailey  . 
William  Belden  .     . 
George  W.  Bethune 
Sereno  E.  Bishop  . 
Elias  L.  Boing    .     . 
Henry  M.  Booth     . 
George  M.  Boynton 
William  Boyse    •     . 
Joseph  H.  Bradley . 
George  Brayton 
Robert  C.  Brisbin  . 
Nehemiah  Brown    . 
Charles  W.  Buckley 
Edwin  A.  Bulkley  . 
William  Bull  .     .     . 
William  Cahoon  .     . 
Daniel  L.  Carroll     . 
William  R.  Chapman 
Edward  Chester 
Frederick  G.  Clark 
James  W.  Coleman 
Henry  Cooper     .     . 
Perez  D.  Cowan 
Samuel  H.  Cox  .     . 
James  G.  Craighead 
Levi  P.  Crawford   . 


Ordained. 

Ordained. 

1838 

Howard  Crosby  .     . 

1861 

1819 

L.  P.  Cummings 

April   7 

1870 

1831 

Charles  C.  Darling 

May  19, 

1867 

April, 

1827 

G.  Mousseau  Des  Islets 

1S65 

Nov.  28 

1821 

Richard  W.  Dickinson  Oct.  24, 

1828 

George  Dubois  .     . 

April  18 

1845 

James  B.  Dunn  .     . 

Benjamin  W.  Dwight 

1844 

James  H.  Dwight    . 

May  24, 

1857 

Nov.  10, 

1827 

William  R.  Eastman 

Oct.  12, 

1S62 

June    I, 

1852 

Horace  Eaton     .     . 

June  21, 

1843 

Oct.     3, 

1853 

Henry  M.  Field 

1843 

Sept.  1 9, 

1867 

J.  Edwards  Ford     . 

Oct.     3, 

1847 

Oct.  28, 

1863 

Amasa  S.  Freeman 

April  14, 

1847 

Charles  H.  Gardner 

Aug.  22, 

1866 

April  27, 

1864 

Ezra  H.  Gillett  .     . 

April  16, 

184s 

June  29, 

1869 

Matthew  D.  Gordon 

Oct.     7, 

1846 

Oct.    3, 

1838 

David  W.  Grieve    . 

May  II, 

1866 

Oct.  18, 

1824 

George  H.  Griffin  . 

June  22, 

1865 

Nov.  17, 

1863 

John  H.  Hall      .     . 

April  12, 

185s 

Oct.  II, 

1847 

Thompson  S.  Harris 
Joseph  Harrison 

May    8, 

1828 

Thomas  S.  Hastings 

July    7, 

1852 

Oct.     2, 

1827 

Charles  Hawley .     . 

Jan.  29, 

1845 

Andrew  J.  Hetrick 

Sept.  14, 

186s 

May  31, 

1857 

Edwin  Holt    .     .     . 

Feb.  29, 

1S45 

David  Hopkins  .     . 

Jan.     7, 

1869 

Mar.  5, 

1S64 

Jesse  W.  Hough     . 

Mar.  13, 

1859 

May  II, 

1866 

J.  Parsons  Hovey   . 

1837 

April   5, 

1869 

Andrew  Huntington 

Feb.  19, 

1852 

July  I, 

1817 

John  M.  Johnson     . 

Oct.  19, 

1 841 

Oct.  II, 

1847 

Jonathan  I.  Jones    . 

1828 

Oct.    3, 

iSS3 

Edward  N.  Kirk     . 

Oct.  24. 

1828 

APPENDIX. 


175 


Ordained. 

Abbott  E.  Kittredge  1857 

Benjamin  Labaree  .  Dec.  20,  1837 

John  H.  Leggett     .  Sept.  22,  1824 

Theodore  A.  Leggett  April  29,  1868 

Joseph  P.  Lestrade  1848 

Charles  E.  Lindsley  June  28,  1850 

Alexander  Logan    .  May  15,  1829 

Josephus  B.  Loring  June  15,  1831 
Thomas  McAuley  . 
Joseph  McElroy 

William  Mcjimpsey  Oct.  20,  1826 
R.  B.  E.  S.  McLeod 
R.  McQuesten    . 


May  II,  1866 
Dec.  17,  1863 
April  20,  1826 
Oct.  20,  1826 

Dec.  18, 1864 


John  McVey  .     . 

Ebenezer  Mason 

Erskine  Mason  .     . 

John  M.  Mason 

Thomas  Marshall    . 

Ebenezer  K.  Maxwell 

Arthur  Mitchell      .  May    8,  1859 

Eldridge  Mix     .     .  Dec.   6,  i860 

Waller  Monteith      . 

John  Mulligan    .     .  June  14,  1821 

Elijah  D.  Murphy  .  May    4,  1853 

Mason  Noble     .     .  Feb.  15,  1832 

George  E.  Northrup  1866 

Gurdon  W.  Noyes  .  Dec.  19,  1849 

James  L  Ostrom 

Andrew  J.  Park       .  April  22,  1866 

Charles  Parker  .     .  Nov.   5,  1848 

Joel  Parker    .     .     .  Feb.         1827 

Eben  E.  Parsons    .  April  11,  1865 

Justin  W.  Parsons  Dec.  26,  1849 

Charles  H.  Payson  Nov.  25,  i860 

Edward  P.  Payson  .  Feb.  23,  1864 

John  Peck      .     .     .  Jan.   14,  1848 

Alexander  H.  Phillips  Oct.  20,  1831 

William  W.  Phillips  April,       1818 

George  E.  Post.     .  June    5,  1861 


George  L.  Prentiss 
Charles  H.  Read     . 
Benjamin  H.  Rice  . 
Charles  H.  Riggs   . 
Edward  Riggs    .     . 
Henry  A.  Riley  .     . 
Burton  L.  Rockwood 
Henry  A.  Rowland 
Albert  G.  Ruliffson 
Joseph  A.  Saxton   . 
John  H.  Sinclair 
T.  H.  Skinner,  Jr.  . 

E.  Goodrich  Smith 
Henry  B.  Smith 
Israel  B.  Smith  .     . 
J.  Bryant  Smith 
Matson  M.  Smith    . 
William  D.  Snodgrass 
Peter  Snyder      .     . 
John  Spaulding  .     . 
William  S.  Sprole  . 
Oliver  S.  St.  John  . 
A.  O.  Stansbury 
Henry  H.  Stebbins 
Henry  P.  Tappan   . 
James  H.  Taylor     . 
Daniel  O.  Timlow  . 
Sigmund  Uhlfelder 
John  B.  Van  Dyke 
Erskine  N.  White  . 
Henry  White       .     . 
Orlando  H.  White  . 
Samuel  H.  Willey  . 

F.  W.  Williams  . 
James  D.  Wilson  . 
Angus  A.  Wood 
George  W.  Wood  . 
Simon  F.  Woodin  . 
Richard  Wynkoop  . 


Ordaioed. 

April,  1845 
Dec.  9,  1843 

June  14,  1857 
June  13,  1869 
April  23,  1835 
April  18,  1845 

Oct.  12,  1862 

June  7,  1S43 

Oct.  20,  1 861 

Dec.  8,  1843 

1829 

1 841 

July  13,  1851 

1851 

Oct.  23,  1849 

July  30,  1 81 9 

Oct.  15,  1840 

Sept.   1828 

Mar.  27,  1831 

Dec.  23,  1823 
Oct.  8,  1867 
Sept.  17,  1828 
Nov.  2,  1859 
Oct.  28,  1863 
June  20,  1853 
Oct.  23,  1829 
June  9,  1859 


Nov.  30,  1848 
Feb.  8,  1854 
July  I,  1863 

1837 
June  19,  1859 
Mar.  7,  1827 


CANDIDATES    LICENSED 

BY  THE  FOURTH  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK  FROM  ITS  ORGANIZATION 
IN   1822  TO  THE  REUNION   IN  1S70. 


Henry  J.  Acker 
Robert  Aikman,  Jr. 
William  Aikman 
William  A.  Aldrich 
Elijah  C.  Baldwin  . 
George  W.  Bethune 
Elias  L.  Boing   .     . 
Daniel  Bond       .     . 
Joseph  H.  Bradley . 
Edward  J.  Brantley 
Charles  W.  Buckley 
Edwin  A.  Bulkley   . 
Lysander  P.  Burbank 
Whiting  C.  Burchard 
Edward  R.  Burkhalter 
Elijah  L.  Burnett    . 
William  Cahoon 
William  Campbell  . 
Edward  Chester 
Asahel  L.  Clark 
James  W.  Coleman 
Henry  P.  Collin 
Henry  Cooper    .     . 
Perez  D.  Cowan 
James  G.  Craighead 
John  J.  Crane     .     . 
Levi  P.  Crawford     . 
S.  W.  Crittenden     . 
L.  P.  Cummings     . 
William  A.  Cutter  . 
Stephen  W.  Dana  . 
Charles  C.  Darling 
Ira  O.  DeLong  .     . 
William  Dempsey  . 
James  O.  Denniston 


Licensed.  | 

April  II, 

1859! 

April   9, 

1847 

April  12, 

1849 

April  16, 

1S62 

April    3, 

i860 

July    II, 

1826 

April   8, 

1853 

April  15, 

1851 

April  25, 

1864 

April   9, 

1846 

Dec.     7, 

1863 

April   9, 

1847 

April    3, 

i860 

April  16, 

1862 

Feb.     7, 

1870 

April   4, 

1865 

Mar.    5, 

1827 

April  26, 

1S37 

April  14, 

1857 

April   3, 

i860 

April    I, 

1S61 

April  12, 

1869 

April   9, 

1866 

April   6, 

1868 

April   9, 

1847 

April   4, 

1865 

April   8, 

1853 

April  10, 

1855 

Feb.     7, 

1870 

April    I, 

1867 

April   9, 

1866 

May  19, 

1867 

April  10, 

1855 

April   9, 

1846 

April   4, 

1865 

R.  W.  Dickinson    . 
William  A.  Dunning 
James  A.  Dwight    . 
William  B.  Dwight 
Israel  E.  Dwinell    . 
William  R.  Eastman 
Josiah  Everts      .     . 
Charles  F.  Farmer  . 
Joseph  F.  Fitch 
Edwards  Ford    .     . 
Francis  F.  Ford 
Henry  T.  Ford  .     . 
Matt.  L.  Fullerton 
Theodore  A.  Gardner 
Ezra  W.  Goodrich  , 
Edward  P.  Goodwin 
Matthew  D.  Gordon 
David  G.  Grieve     . 
George  H.  Griffin    . 
C.  Edwin  Griggs     . 
John  H.  Hall      .     . 
Levi  W.  Hart     .     . 
Eurotus  P.  Hastings 
Thomas  S.  Hastings 
Hiram  C  Haydn     . 
Charles  D.  Helmar 
Robert  Henry     .     . 
Andrew  J.  Hetrick 
Solomon  F.  Holliday 
Theodore  J.  Holmes 
J.  Augustin  Hood  . 
Jesse  W.  Hough 
Edwin  S.  Hurd  .     . 
Mancius  S.  Hutton 
Herman  D.  Jenkins 


Licensed. 

Mar.  5,1827 
April  9,  1 866 
April  10,  1855 
April  14,  1857 
April  7,  1848 
April  16,  1862 
April  16,  1862 
April  16,  1S62 
Oct.  23,  1865 
April  9,  1847 
April  1 5,  1856 
April  I,  1S61 
Oct.  6,  1824 
Oct.  10, 1859 
April  12,  1849 
April  1 1,  1859 
April  9,  1846 
April  9,  1856 
April  5,  1864 
April  II,  1859 
April  10,  1855 
April  19,  1852 
April  9,  1846 
April  15,  1851 
April  II,  1859 
April  14,  1857 
Oct.  15,  1827 
April  5,  1864 
Oct.  19,  1830 
April  II,  1859 
April  12,  1849 
April  II,  1859 
April  15,  1856 
Oct.  17,  1826 
Dec.  24,  1866 


APPENDIX. 

177 

Licensed. 

Licensed. 

Samuel  J.  Jones 

April   9,  ] 

846 

Henry  A.  Post   .     . 

April   7,  ] 

S58 

Frederick  J.  Judd   . 

Oct.   29,  ] 

849 

Abraham  J.  Quick  . 

April    7,  1 

863 

Samuel  Kellogg . 

April  26,  ] 

837 

George  L.  Raymond 

April    5,  ] 

864 

James  M.  Kimball 

April   9,  1 

847 

John  Reid      .     .     . 

April   8,  ] 

853 

Rufus  King    .     . 

May  29,  ] 

848 

Samuel  Rhea      .     . 

April  15,  ] 

850 

Oliver  A.  Kingsbury 

April    5,  ] 

864 

Henry  H.  Rice  .     . 

Feb.     7,  I 

S70 

Edward  N.  Kirk 

July    II, 

826 

Leonard  E.  Richards 

April   7,1 

863 

Charles  E.  Lindsley    April  15,  1 

851 

R.  H.  Richardson  . 

April    7,] 

863 

Charles  Livingston 

April  12, 

849 

Charles  H.  Riggs    . 

June  29,  ] 

868 

Alexander  Logan    . 

July    II, 

826 

Edward  Riggs    .     . 

April  12, 

S69 

Samuel  Loomis  . 

April   8, 

853 

Moses  Robinson     . 

April   5,1 

842 

John  M.  McAuley  . 

April  26,  ] 

837 

Sanford  W.  Roe     . 

April  15, 

851 

Charles  F.  McCull) 

'     April  II, 

859 

Albert  G.  Ruhffson 

April  16,  ] 

862 

John  Mcjimpsey 

July    II, 

825 

Henry  Seymour 

April    5,1 

842 

William  Mcjimpse) 

f    June  12, 

1823 

Alexander  Shaw 

May     3, 

869 

James  McLaughlan 

April    I, 

861 

Daniel  Stewart  .     . 

April  24, 

[838 

John  H.  McMonagle    April    3, 

860 

Alfred  B.  Swift  .     . 

April   8, 

853 

John  McVey  .     . 

April    7, 

863 

Israel  B.  Smith  .     . 

April  12, 

849 

James  Marshall . 

April    7, 

870 

Matson  M.  Smith  . 

April   9, 

[847 

Thomas  Marshall 

April    5, 

[864 

Samuel  B.  Smith     . 

Oct.   24, 

[828 

George  W.  Martin 

April   6, 

[868 

James  W.  Stark 

April    I, 

[S61 

Joseph  H.  Martin 

April   9, 

[846 

Lewis  0.  Thompson 

April   9, 

1 866 

Ebenezer  Mason 

Oct.     6, 

[824 

Daniel  O.  Timlow  . 

Nov.  10, 

1857 

Arthur  Mitchell 

April  II, 

[859 

John  B.  Van  Dyke  . 

May  12, 

1829 

Samuel  S.  Mitchell 

April  9, 

[866 

Theron  L.  Waldo    . 

April   9, 

1866 

Mason  Noble,  Jr.    . 

April    4, 

[865 

James  Walker    .     . 

April  15, 

1850 

George  C.  Noyes 

April    7, 

[858 

William  H.  Willcox 

April    9, 

1846 

Andrew  J.  Park 

April   9, 

[866 

Samuel  H.  Willey  . 

April    7, 

[848 

Eben  B.  Parsons 

April   4, 

[865 

Cyrus  B.  Whitcomb 

April  13, 

[869 

Justin  W.  Parsons 

May  29, 

1848 

William  C.  White  . 

April  15, 

[856 

Edward  P.  Payson 

Feb.  22, 

[864 

R.  H.  Williamson    . 

April    7, 

1858 

Joseph  Peckham 

April    5, 

842 

Charles  F.  Winship 

April  II, 

[859 

Alfred  W.  Penland  . 

April  16, 

[862 

George  W.  Wood   . 

April  12, 

[869 

Winthrop  H.  Phelps 

April  14, 

845 

Simeon  F.  Woodin 

April  II, 

859 

Alex.  H.  Phillips    . 

May     3, 

831 

Edward  B.  Wright 

April    I, 

[867 

George  E.  Post  .     . 

April    I, 

86 1 

John  R.  Young  .     . 

Mar.    7, 

[827 

LICENTIATES  RECEF 

^ED 

FROM   OTHER 

BODIES 

0. 


Sereno  E.  Bishop,  Henry  M.  Booth,  George  M.  Boynton,  George 
Brayton,  Samuel  Cleland,  Charles  Hawley,  Miles  J.  Hickok,  David  Hop- 
kins, Andrew  Huntington,  William  A.  Mandell,  Rockwood  McQuesten, 
Charles  H.  Payson,  James  Russell,  Robert  C.  Russell,  James  H.  Sinclair, 
Henry  H.  Stebbins,  James  H.  Taylor. 


LIST    OF    MINISTERS 

BELONGING  TO  THE  THIRD  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK  FROM   ITS 
ORGANIZATION  IN   1830  TO  THE  REUNION  IN  1870. 


Gorham  D.  Abbott 
Andrew  Abraham  . 
E.  P.  Ackerman 
Matthew  T.  Adam  . 
Carson  W.  Adams . 
Frederick  H.  Adams 
William  Adams  .  . 
J.  C.  Adamson  .  . 
WilHam  Addy  .  . 
J.  Holmes  Agnew  . 
William  Aikman  . 
Daniel  Aimes  .  . 
David  O.  Allen  .  . 
James  B.  Ambler  . 
Joseph  Anderson  . 
Luther  H.  Angler  . 
W.  W.  Atterbury  . 
William  H.  Babbitt 
Daniel  T.  Bagg  .  . 
Elihu  W.  Baldwin  . 
Joseph  B.  Baldwin 
WiUiam  P.  Barker 
Elijah  P.  Barrows  . 
Dwight  K.  Bartlett 
Edward  O.  Bartlett 
Gamaliel  C.  Beaman 
Lyman  Beecher .  . 
Goodloe  B.  Bell  . 
Samuel  B.  Bell  .  . 
Jacob  Best  .  .  . 
Oliver  B.  Bidwell  . 
Walter  H.  Bidwell 
Lewis  M.  Birge  .  . 
Albert  C.  Bishop    . 


Ordained.  | 

Dec. 

2S> 

1837 

Oct. 

14, 

1838 
1819 

June 

26, 

1S53 

April 

25> 

1865 

Feb. 

2, 

1831 

Feb. 

28, 

1827 

Oct. 

23, 

1861 

Feb. 

1828 

Dec. 

26, 

1849 

May 

21, 

1827 

Nov. 

7, 

1821 

Nov. 

8, 

1858 

Mar. 

4, 

1840 

Oct. 

13, 

1848 
1854 

April 

18, 

1845 

Sept. 

10, 

1817 

Aug. 

4, 

1841 

May 

4, 

1853 

June 

6, 

1832 

Sept. 

22, 

1863 

Oct. 

17, 

1831 

Sept. 

5, 

1799 

Oct. 

1859 

Dec. 

6, 

1848 

Dec. 

h 

1841 

Sept. 

10, 

1833 

Oct. 

5, 

1862 

May 

16, 

1854 

Ordained. 

James  B.  Bonar.     . 

Mar. 

18, 

[857 

Robert  R.  Booth    . 

Nov. 

1853 

George  Bowen   .     . 

July 

4, 

847 

William  Bradley     . 

Jan. 

[834 

William  Bradford   . 

Jan. 

t839 

Thomas  Brainerd   . 

Oct. 

7, 

831 

Isaac  H.  Brayton    . 

Jan. 

18, 

850 

Robert  C.  Brisbin  . 

Oct. 

3, 

183S 

John  H.  Brodt    .     . 

June 

29, 

[8c4 

Alonzo  Brown    .    . 

Nov. 

5, 

856 

Daniel  Brown     .     . 

[840 

F.  A.  M.  Brown     . 

May 

IS,  1 

864 

Joseph  Brown     .     . 

Jan. 

3, 

831 

Samuel  R.  Brown  . 

Oct. 

14, 

838 

C.  H.  A.  Bulkley   . 

Nov. 

17,  1 

842 

Samuel  D.  Burchard 

May 

I, 

839 

Peter  H.  Burghault 

Charles  P.  Bush     . 

Nov. 

IS, 

[841 

Alfred  E.  Campbell 

[824 

Josiah  A.  Carey 

Mar. 

12, 

[844 

Samuel  Carlile    .     . 

May 

20, 

t866 

Daniel  L.  Carroll    . 

Oct. 

2, 

[827 

L.  Dwight  Chapin  . 

July 

6, 

[862 

George  B.  Cheever 

Feb. 

13, 

1832 

Daniel  A.  Clark .     , 

Mar. 

21, 

1836 

Frederick  G.  Clark 

Oct. 

29, 

[845 

Walter  Clark .     .    . 

Henry  N.  Cobb.     . 

May 

16, 

t86o 

David  B.  Coe     .     . 

Oct. 

14, 

[840 

Alfred  S.  Collins     . 

Oct. 

23, 

[861 

Varnum  D.  Collins 

May 

17, 

[85s 

Luther  H.  Cone     . 

April 

5, 

[855 

Revilo  J.  Cone    .     . 

Oct. 

[845 

Elisha  W.  Cook     . 

Oct. 

[846 

APPENDIX. 


179 


George  Cook  .  . 
Elias  Cornelius  .  . 
James  L.  Corning  . 
Eli  Corwin  .  .  . 
Samuel  H.  Cox  .  . 
James  G.  Craighead 
S.  W.  Crittenden  . 
E.  H.  Cumpston  . 
William  F.  Curry  . 
T.  Madison  Dawson 
George  E.  Day  .  . 
Daniel  Deruelle 
John  Dewitt  .  .  . 
Baxter  Dickinson  . 
R.  S.  S.  Dickinson 
R.  W.  Dickinson  . 
James  M.  Dickson . 
John  Diell  .  .  . 
Edward  T.  Doane  . 
David  S.  Dodge 
John  W.  Douglas  . 
David  R.  Downer  . 
George  Duffield .  . 
Samuel  W.  Duffield 
Charles  S.  Dunning 
Halsey  Dunning  . 
Samuel  G.  Dwight 
Horace  Eaton  .  . 
Ansel  D.  Eddy  .  . 
James  C.  Egbert  . 
David  W.  Evans  . 
Charles  Fanning  . 
James  R.  Finch  .  . 
Charles  G.  Finney . 
Edward  A.  Fraser  . 
Edward  W.  French 
William  Gage  .  . 
Edward  P.  Gardner 
Edmund  Garland  . 
Henry  H.  Garnet  . 
Ezra  H.  Gillett  .  . 
Alvin  B.  Goodale  . 
Arthur  Granger  .  . 
Frederick  W.  Graves 
John  Gray      .    .    . 


Ordained. 

April 

% 

1817 

June 

22, 

1852 

June 

22, 

1851 

June 

I, 

1817 

Oct. 

1847 

Mar. 

1856 

July 

14, 

1825 

June 

16, 

1866 

Dec. 

2, 

1840 

Sept. 

II, 

1827 

June 

9> 

1865 

Mar. 

5. 

1823 

Mar. 

28, 

1849 

Oct. 

24, 

1828 

Nov. 

18, 

1857 

Sept. 

19, 

1832 

Feb. 

26, 

1854 

Oct. 

16, 

1864 

Nov. 

29, 

1848 

Mar. 

25, 

1832 

Dec. 

27, 

1840 

Nov. 

8, 

1858 

Oct. 

17, 

1847 

Oct. 

14, 

1847 

June 

21, 

1843 

June 

13, 

1855 

Sept. 

12, 

1866 

Oct. 

23, 

1850 

June 

s, 

1863 
1824 

June 

6, 

1832 

Jan. 

15, 

1857 

Oct. 

7, 

1831 

Feb. 

II, 

1864 

Oct. 

7, 

1831 

Nov. 

1844 

April 

16, 

1845 

Feb. 

5, 

i860 

April 

20, 

1831 

Nov. 

1835 

June 

28, 

1837 

Ordained. 


William  Gray  .  . 
Charles  Hall .  .  . 
Samuel  P.  Halsey  . 
E.  P.  Hammond  . 
Edwin  F.  Hatfield  . 
Selden  Haynes  .  . 
Hubert  P.  Herrick . 
James  Hildreth  .  . 
E.  W.  Hitchcock  . 
R.  D.  Hitchcock  . 
Edmund  D.  Holt  . 
Edwin  Holt  .  .  . 
David  Hopkins  .  . 
Charles  Hoover .  . 
Joel  J.  Hough  .  . 
Franklin  S.  Howe  . 
R.  G.  E.  Humphreys 
Samuel  Hutchings . 
M.  N.  Hutchinson 
John  Ingersol  .  . 
John  W.  Irwin  .  . 
Jenkin  Jenkins  .  . 
Elisha  Jenney  .  . 
Baker  Johnson  .  . 
Nathaniel  E.  Johnson 
Jonathan  J.  Jones  . 
Raphael  Kessler 
David  L.  Kiehle 
Charles  A.  Kimball 
Howard  Kingsbury 
Robert  Kirkwood  . 
James  Knox  .  .  . 
Benjamin  Labaree  . 
Joshua  Lane  .  .  . 
Dirck  C.  Lansing  . 
Daniel  W.  Lathrop 
Joshua  Leavitt  .  . 
Louis  P.  Ledoux  . 
Isaac  Lewis  .  .  . 
William  B.  Lewis  . 
James  A.  Little  .  . 
Lewis  C.  Lockwood 
David  Longmore  . 
Josephus  B.  Loring 
George  C.  Lucas    . 


Jan. 

16, 

1816 

Mar. 

25, 

1832 

July 

8, 

1862 

Jan. 

2, 

1863 

May 

14, 

1831 

Feb. 

14, 

1837 

April 

20, 

1864 

Mar. 

10, 

1840 

Aug. 

8, 

i860 

Nov. 

19. 

1845 

Nov. 

28, 

1850 

Nov. 

1827 

Jan. 

9, 

1869 

July 

31, 

1827 

April 

20, 

1864 

Dec. 

1840 
1852 

July 

I, 

1831 

Dec. 

12, 

1869 

Dec. 

18, 

1823 

Oct. 

7, 

1831 

Oct. 

7, 

1831 

Sept. 

12, 

1830 

June 

6, 

1851 

Nov. 

3, 

1828 
1864 

May 

8, 

1865 

Sept. 

II, 

1863 

June 

20, 

1869 

Nov. 

21, 

1832 

Dec. 

20, 

1837 

Oct. 

1847 

Dec. 

2, 

1806 

Feb. 

25, 

1825 

June 

22, 

1851 

Oct. 

1798 

Oct. 

4, 

1837 

July 

21, 

1861 

Oct. 

6, 

1842 

June 

15, 

1831 

Feb. 

3, 

1848 

i8o 


APPENDIX. 


Henry  G.  Ludlow  . 
Benjamin  Lynch 
John  McCampbell  . 
John  R.  McDowal . 
Charles  K.  McHarg 
James  W.  McLane 
D.  D.  T.  McLaughlin 
John  McLeod  .  . 
James  J.  McMahon 
George  W.  McMillan 
Joel  Mann.  .  .  . 
James  Martin  .  . 
J.  Sella  Martin  .  . 
William  A.  Masker 
Ebenezer  Mason  . 
Erskine  Mason  .  . 
James  G.  Mason  . 
Cyrus  T.  Mills  .  . 
George  Mills .  .  . 
Samuel  T.  Mills  . 
Flavel  S.  Mines  . 
George  Monilaws  . 
John  Morrill  .  .  . 
Richard  C.  Morse  . 
James  Morton  .  . 
John  A.  Murray 
Alexander  Nesbitt  . 
William  W.  Newell 
Wm.W.  Newell,  Jr. 
George  P.  Noble  . 
Mason  Noble  .  . 
Herman  Norton 
Oliver  W.  Norton  . 
James  J.  Ostrom  . 
John  J.  Owen  .  . 
William  Page  .  . 
Charles  Parker  .  . 
Joel  Parker  .  .  . 
Horatio  A.  Parson . 
John  U.  Parsons  . 
William  Patton  .  . 
J.  W.  C.  Pennington 
George  W.  Perkins 
Absalom  Peters .  . 
Bernhard  Pick  .    . 


June 

May 

Feb. 

Nov. 

April 

Nov. 

Dec. 

Oct. 

Nov. 


Ordained. 
1826 

26,  1863 

5,  1832 
1849 

4,  1836 
16,  1846 

6,  1847 
4,  1853 
8,  1845 

15,  181S 


June  5 
April  20 
April  20; 
July  I 
Feb.     2 

Oct.  II 
June  II 
April  10, 
Oct.  7. 
Dec.  21 
Jan.  12 
Aug.  26 
Sept.  17, 

Sept. 
July  26. 
Feb.  15 
Feb.  9, 
Nov.  10 
Sept.  12 
Oct.  7 
Sept.  10, 
Nov. 
Feb. 


1870 
1826 
1826 
1866 
1848 

1811 
1832 
1842 
1831 
1868 
1851 
1829 
1863 

1864 
1 868 
1832 
1826 
1840 
1810 
1831 
1823 
1848 
1827 


Oct.  7,  1 83 1 
June  7,  1820 
May  13,  1838 
May  30,  1830 
July  5,  1820 
April  8,  1 868 


Ordained. 


Arthur  T.  Pierson  . 
Hamilton  W.  Pierson 
WilHam  K.  Piatt  . 
Charles  S.  Porter  . 
George  L.  Prentiss 
HoUis  Reed  .  .  . 
Herman  C.  Riggs  . 
Edward  Robinson  . 
Burton  L.  Rockwood 
W.  Roosevelt  .  . 
Henry  A.  Rowland 
Simeon  Salisbury  . 
Rollin  A.  Sawyer  . 
Phihp  Schaff  .  . 
Henry  M.  Scudder 
Dwight  M.  Seward 
Erastus  Seymour  . 
Franklin  G.  Sherrill  • 
James  Sinclair  .  . 
James  A.  Skinner  . 
Thomas  H.  Skinner 
John  J.  Slocum  .  . 
Asa  D.  Smith  .  . 
Elizur  Smith  .  .  . 
T.  Ralston  Smith  . 
Shubael  G.  Spees  . 
Isaac  N.  Sprague  . 
James  M.  Stevenson 
Joseph  C.  Stiles 
Austin  P.  Stockwell 
Elijah  W.  Stoddard 
James  O.  Stokes  . 
Rolhn  S.  Stone  .  . 
Thomas  Street  .  . 
Caleb  Strong  .  . 
Isaac  P.  Stryker  . 
George  Thatcher  . 
Andrew  Thomas  . 
Robert  R.  Thompson 
George  W.  Timlow 
Henry  Toelke  .  . 
Charles  Tracey  .  . 
George  Uhler  .  . 
Sigmund  Uhlfelder 
Isaac  Van  Doren    . 


May 

13, 

i860 

Nov. 

13, 

1853 

June 

I3> 

1844 

Aug. 

1, 

1831 

April 

9» 

1845 

Sept 

24, 

1S29 

June 

14, 

1857 

Nov. 

15, 

1841 

April 

18, 

1845 

Feb. 

28, 

1832 

Nov. 

24, 

1830 

Oct. 

7> 

1831 

Feb. 

17, 

1858 
1844 

Nov. 

12, 

1843 

Nov. 

13, 

1851 
1862 

Oct. 

13, 

1850 

Nov. 

13, 

1851 

April 

13, 

1861 

June 

10, 

1813 

June 

i5» 

1834 

Nov. 

2, 

1834 

May 

26, 

1829 

Oct. 

IS, 

1851 

May 

13, 

1838 

Aug. 

1824 

Oct. 

13, 

1864 
1830 

May 

14, 

1865 

July 

ii> 

1852 

April 

22, 

183s 

Oct. 

16, 

1838 

Feb. 

•7 

1843 

Jan. 

3, 

1844 

July 

2, 

184s 

Feb. 

1847 

June 

1845 

July 

17, 

1867 

April 

17, 

1847 

June 

2, 

1853 
1802 

APPENDIX. 


ISI 


Ordained. 

Luther  H.  Van  Doren  1831 

Avery  S.  Walker  .  June  24,  1857 
Charles  C.  Wallace  June  4,  1856 
John  P.  Watson  .  June  22,  1862 
Royal  West  .  .  .  Jan.  13,  1835 
Samuel  W.  Whelpley 
Henry  White  .  .  April  10,  1828 
Samuel  J.  White  .  Oct.  9,  1842 
Theodore  F.  White  Jan.  5,  1854 
Samuel  P.  Whiting     June  12,  1864 


Ordained. 

Joseph  D.  Wickham  July   31,1823 

Wm.  W.  WiUiams  May  14,  1865 

James  D.  Wilson    .  July      i,  1863 

George  F.  Wiswell  June  18,  1845 

John  Woodbridge  .  June  20,  18 10 

F.  C.  Woodworth  .  Oct.   28,  1840 

Leonard  Woods,  Jr.  May  11,1833 

Herman  D.  Wrage  June  10,1861 

Theodore  S.  Wright  Feb.     5,  1829 

John  R.  Young  .    .  June,        1847 


CANDIDATES    LICENSED 


BY  THE  THIRD  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK. 


Jacob  J.  Abbott .  . 
Andrew  Abraham  . 
Carson  W.  Adams . 
Frederick  H.  Adams 
William  Addy  .  . 
John  M.  Allis  .  . 
Alanson  Alward 
Joseph  Anderson  . 
Luther  H.  Angler  . 
William  P.  Apthorp 
Chester  Armstrong 
W.  W.  Atterbury  . 
John  W.  Bailey  .  . 
Samuel  W.  Bailey  . 
John  F.  Baird  .  . 
Alvin  Baker  .  .  . 
C.  P.  H.  Baldwin  . 
William  P.  Barker . 
Erastus  S.  Barnes . 
Edward  O.  Bardett 
W.  F.  V.  Bartlett  . 
J.  Hervey  Beale 
Henry  Belden  .  . 
William  Belden,  Jr. 
William  H.  Belden 
James  M.  Bell  .  . 
Robert  C.  Bell  .  . 
Martin  L.  Berger  . 
Jacob  Best  .  .  , 
Lewis  M.  Birge 
Albert  C.  Bishop  . 
Edwin  C.  Bissell  . 
Charles  P.  Blanchard 
James  B.  Bonar  .    . 


Licensed.  | 

April  1 6, 

1845 

April  lo, 

1848 

April    5, 

•853 

April    2, 

rS6i 

April    2, 

[861 

Feb.  15, 

1869 

Oct.   II, 

'833 

April    7, 

[S57 

April    5, 

'839 

April    4, 

1832 

April    9, 

1856 

Oct.    14, 

1846 

April    6, 

1S52 

April  14, 

1845 

April  23, 

[860 

April    9, 

[862 

April    2, 

[866 

April    9, 

[851 

April  12, 

[841 

Sept.  21, 

863 

April    7, 

858 

April    2, 

[861 

Oct.    10, 

837 

April    8, 

839 

April    2, 

867 

May    II, 

857 

Feb.    16, 

869 

April    9, 

862 

May  24, 

848 

April    9, 

862 

April    8, 

863 

April    5, 

[859 

Mar.    2, 

[868 

April   9, 

[856 

Li 


censed. 


William  B.  Bond    . 

April 

5> 

1839 

Elijah  H.  Bonney   . 

April 

II, 

1844 

Henry  M.  Booth     . 

April 

2, 

[S67 

George  Bowen    .     . 

April 

8, 

[847 

Erasmus  J.  Boyd     . 

June 

29, 

[840 

Ernest  Borchers 

April 

2, 

[866 

Isaiah  H.  Brayton  . 

April 

4, 

[849 

Christopher  R.Brown  April 

2, 

[S67 

F.  A.  M.  Brown      . 

April 

8, 

1863 

John  H.  Brown  .     . 

April 

4, 

[870 

Samuel  R.  Brown   . 

July 

[8, 

[838 

Thomas  J.  Brown    . 

Mar. 

2, 

868 

William  F.  Brown  . 

April 

4, 

870 

Edward  B.  Bruen    . 

April 

10, 

[846 

James  M.  Bruen 

April 

8, 

[S42 

Israel  Brundage 

April 

9. 

856 

Charles  H.  A.  Bulkley  April 

8, 

842 

Richard  H.  Bull      . 

June  14, 

843 

Lafayette  Bushnell  . 

April 

19, 

858 

Josiah  A.  Carey 

April 

5, 

839 

Samuel  Carlile    .     . 

April 

2, 

861 

Aaron  L.  Chapin     . 

April 

8, 

842 

L.  D wight  Chapin  . 

April 

2, 

861 

Nathan  C.  Chapin   . 

April 

4,1 

849 

William  T.  Clapp    . 

April 

10, 

862 

Frederick  G.  Clark 

April 

18,  1 

845 

George  Clark      .     . 

April 

10, 

848 

William  Clift  .     .     . 

April 

7,1 

843 

Henry  N.  Cobb  .     . 

April 

16,1 

860 

Oliver  E.  Cobb  .     . 

April 

7,1 

857 

Sanford  H.  Cobb     . 

April 

10,1 

862 

Joseph  G.  Cochran 

April 

8,1 

847 

Alfred  S.  Collins      , 

April 

3,1 

S60 

Luther  H.  Cone 

April 

4,1 

854 

APPENDIX. 

183 

Licensed. 

Lie 

ensed. 

Howard  Cornell 

Mar. 

2, 

1 868 

Theodore  Y.  Gardner  Mar. 

2, 

1868 

Eli  Corwin     .     .     . 

April 

9, 

[851 

F.  V.  D.  Garretson 

Feb. 

16, 

1869 

Augustus  W.  Cowles 

April 

[846 

Charles  Gillett  .     . 

April 

8, 

1842 

Walter  W.  Curtis    . 

Mar. 

4, 

[870 

Ezra  H.  Gillett 

April 

II, 

1844 

Malcolm  M.  Dana 

April 

10, 

1862 

B.  M.  Goldsmith     . 

April 

8, 

1842 

John  S.  Davenport 

April 

9, 

1835 

Alvin  B.  Goodale    . 

Feb. 

2, 

i860 

George  A.  Davis     . 

April 

II, 

[844 

Stephens.  Goodman 

April 

3, 

1850 

J.  Gardiner  Davis 

April 

12, 

[841 

John  V.  Griswold    . 

Mar. 

2, 

1868 

George  E.  Delavan 

April 

4, 

[832 

Sheridan  Guiteau   . 

Oct. 

6, 

183I 

Edward  T.  Doane 

April 

6, 

852 

George  Hall  .     .     . 

Oct. 

12, 

1835 

David  S.  Dodge     . 

April 

3, 

860 

John  G.  Hall      .    . 

April 

5, 

1839 

Lester  N.  Dorman 

April 

7, 

858 

Samuel  H.  Hall      . 

April 

7, 

1843 

W.  T.  Doubleday  . 

April 

7, 

843 

William  Hall,  Jr.    . 

April 

15, 

1840 

Eugene  Douglass   . 

April 

5, 

859 

Edward  P.  Hammond  Oct. 

6, 

1862 

John  W.  Douglas  . 

July 

24,  ] 

848 

John  R.  Harsen 

April 

2, 

1867 

Lafayette  Dudley    . 

April 

4,  J 

854 

Theodoras  B.  Hascall  Mar. 

2, 

1868 

George,  Duffield,  Jr. 

April 

i5>  1 

840 

Edwin  F.  Hatfield 

Oct. 

6, 

183I 

Charles  S.  Dunnins: 

April 

6,  ] 

852 

John  Hawks  .     .     . 

April 

8, 

1850 

Halsey  Dunning 

April 

8, 

847 

Theron  H.  Hawks 

April 

9, 

I851 

Samuel  G.  Dwight 

April 

8,] 

847 

Headley,   .... 

July 

20, 

1839 

William  T.  Dwight 

Oct. 

6,1 

831 

James  H.  Hildreath 

April 

5, 

1839 

William  W.  Earl    . 

April 

5,  1 

859 

Elsworth  J.  Hill      . 

April 

8, 

1863 

Peter  Z.  Easton 

Mar. 

4,  I 

870 

Timothy  Hill      .     . 

April 

18, 

1845 

Horace  Eaton    .     . 

April 

8, 

842 

Edmund  D.  Holt    . 

July 

29, 

1S39 

John  H.  Edwards  . 

April 

10,1 

862 

Isaac  F.  Holton 

July 

31, 

1839 

James  H.  Eells  .     . 

Feb. 

832 

Edward  Hopper 

April 

8, 

1842 

James  C.  Egbert     . 

April 

II, 

855 

Carlton  S.  Horton  . 

April 

7, 

1857 

Henry  B.  Elliott     . 

April 

7, 

843 

Joel  J.  Hough     .     . 

April 

8, 

1863 

David  W.  Evans     . 

April 

2, 

866 

Harrison  0.  Howland  April 

II, 

1844 

Rees  C.  Evans  .     . 

April, 

845 

James  Hoyt    .     .     . 

April 

II, 

1844 

Charles  Fanning     . 

April 

4, 

[849 

William  M.  Hoyt    . 

April 

8, 

1842 

Horace  W.  Finch  . 

April 

4, 

[849 

Zera  T.  Hoyt     .     . 

April 

II, 

1844 

James  R.  Finch 

April 

8, 

863 

Samuel  Hurlburt    . 

April 

18, 

1845 

Edward  W.  Fisher 

Mar. 

4, 

[870 

M.  N.  Hutchinson  . 

Feb. 

16, 

1869 

Chester  Fitch     .     . 

April 

15, 

[840 

Silas  Jessup  .     .     . 

April 

12, 

1 841 

John  N.  Forbes 

April 

2, 

[861 

Lyman  H.  Johnson 

Mar. 

9, 

1856 

William  C.  Foster . 

April 

II, 

1844 

John  H.  Kedzie  .     . 

April 

9, 

1844 

James  H.  Fowle     . 

June 

i8, 

1833 

Robert  R.  Kellogg . 

Oct. 

10, 

1837 

Ashley  D.  Francisco 

Feb. 

1 6, 

1S69 

Charles  Kendall 

April 

8, 

1842 

Walter  Frear      .     . 

April 

4, 

1854 

David  L.  Kiehle      . 

April 

3, 

1865 

Edward  W.  French 

Nov. 

5, 

1856 

Charles  A.  Kimball 

April 

ID, 

1862 

Edward  C.  Fuller  . 

Dec. 

15, 

1832 

C.  A.  Kingsbury     . 

April 

2, 

1867 

Homer  T.  Fuller    . 

Feb. 

i6, 

1869 

Howard  Kingsbury 

Feb. 

16, 

1869 

Joseph  S.  Gallagher 

June 

28, 

1837 

Charles  F.  Knox     . 

April 

II, 

1859 

Edward  P.  Gardner 

April 

10, 

1862 

Amos  B.  Lambert  . 

Aug. 

3, 

1836 

1 84                     * 

APPENDIX. 

Li 

:ensed. 

Licensed. 

Robert  W.  Landis  . 

Dec. 

7. 

183I 

George  Monilaws  . 

April 

12, 

1841 

Amos  E.  Lawrence 

April 

II, 

1844 

Alexander  D.  Moore 

April 

3, 

i860 

John  J.  Lawrence   . 

April 

II, 

1834 

David  S.  Morgan    . 

April 

8, 

1866 

Louis  P.  Ledoux     . 

April 

9, 

185I 

Richard  C.  Morse  . 

Oct. 

16, 

1866 

Samuel  R.  Leeds    . 

April 

10, 

1846 

James  C.  Morton    . 

April 

3, 

1849 

James  J.  Leftwich  . 

April 

5, 

1859 

John  W.  Moseley   . 

April 

4, 

1854 

Patrick  J.  Leo     .     . 

April 

4, 

1854 

Joseph  H.  Myers   . 

June 

7> 

1841 

Delevan  L.  Leonard 

April 

ID, 

1862 

Alexander  Nesbitt 

April 

8, 

1863 

Josiah  Leonard  .     . 

April 

15, 

1840 

Wm.  W.,  Jr.  Newell 

April 

5, 

1864 

Joseph  P.  Lestrade 

April 

18, 

1845 

Oscar  Newton    .     . 

April 

7, 

1852 

John  Lewis    .     .     . 

April 

7, 

1843 

George  B,  Newcomb 

April 

3, 

i860' 

Michael  F.  Libeneau 

April 

12, 

1841 

George  P.  Noble     . 

Mar. 

2, 

1868 

James  A.  Little  .     . 

April 

5, 

1859 

Alfonzo  R.  Olney   . 

Feb. 

16, 

1869 

Nathaniel  C.  Lock 

April 

II, 

1844 

Henry  Osborn    .     . 

April 

18, 

1845 

V.  Leroy  Lockwood 

April 

5, 

1853 

Henry  S.  Osborn    . 

April 

18, 

184s 

John  F.  Long     .     . 

April 

10, 

1862 

Noah  F.  Packard    . 

April 

18, 

1845 

Francis  E.  Lord 

June 

29, 

1840 

Samuel  J.  Parker    . 

April 

II. 

1845 

Thomas  H.  McCallie 

April 

5> 

1859 

Patton   .     .     . 

April 

8, 

1842 

John  McCampbell  . 

April 

5, 

1853 

Charles  S.  H.  Payson  April 

7, 

1857 

James  McChain 

April 

12, 

1841 

Charles  Peabody    , 

April 

18, 

1845 

Charles  H.  McCrery 

Mar. 

-7 

1868 

Aaron  B.  Peffers     . 

April 

5, 

1853 

Ebenezer  McDowall 

June 

14, 

1833 

Luther  B.  Pert  .     . 

Mar. 

4, 

1870 

H.  Sneed  McElroy 

April 

3, 

1850 

Bernhard  Pick    .     . 

Mar. 

2, 

1868 

William  T.  McElroy  April 

4, 

1854 

Arthur  T.  Pierson  . 

April 

3, 

i860 

John  McKean     .     . 

April 

II, 

1855 

Hamilton  W.  Pierson  April 

10, 

1848 

Joseph  McKee  . 

April 

18, 

184s 

William  K.  Piatt     . 

April 

7, 

1843 

Henry  Z.  McLain 

Mar. 

4, 

1870 

WiUiam  S.  Post      . 

April 

4, 

1854 

D.  D.  T.  McLaughUn  April 

7, 

1843 

Samuel  S.  Potter    . 

April 

18, 

1845 

Alexander  McLean 

April 

9, 

1856 

Charles  H.  Powell 

April 

9, 

1856 

James  J.  McMahon 

April 

5, 

1853 

Edward  E.  Rankin 

April 

7, 

1843 

Benjamin  F.  McNeil 

Mar. 

2, 

1868 

John  W.  Ray      .     . 

April 

8, 

1842 

Daniel  E.  Magie     . 

April 

8, 

1839 

John  B.  Reeve   .     . 

April 

2, 

1861 

Augustus  L.  Marden 

April 

5, 

1859 

Joseph  H.  Reid 

Mar. 

4, 

1870 

William  A.  Masker 

Feb. 

7, 

1870 

Lewis  H.  Reid    .     . 

April 

3, 

1850 

James  G.  Mason     . 

April 

2, 

1866 

Benjamin  J.  Relyea 

April 

18, 

1845 

James  H.  Mateer    . 

Mar. 

4 

1S70 

John  T.  Rhodes 

April 

10, 

1862 

James  T.  Matthews 

April 

5 

1859 

George  G.  Rice 

April 

3, 

1850 

J.  Allen  Maxwell    . 

April 

3 

i860 

Alonzo  B.  Rich 

April 

18, 

184s 

Warren  Mayo     •     . 

April 

S 

1853 

Edgar  M.  Richardson  April 

7, 

1852 

Otto  Meerwin     .     . 

Mar. 

2 

1868 

J.  M.  Richardson    . 

April 

7, 

1851 

Brutus  C.  Megie     . 

Oct. 

10 

1837 

Sanford  Richardson 

April 

4, 

1854 

William  H.  Megie  . 

April 

18 

1845 

Herman  C.  Riggs  . 

April 

9, 

1856 

Henry  G.  Miles 

April 

9 

1851 

Benjamin  G.  Riley 

April 

8, 

1839 

William  G.  Miller  . 

April 

7 

1837 

Belville  Roberts 

April 

II, 

1855 

Cyrus  T.  Mills  .     . 

April 

8 

1847 

Burton  Rockwood  . 

April 

7, 

1S43 

y. 


APPENDIX. 


185 


Licensed. 


Henry  T.  Rose 
C.  E.  Rosenkrans  . 
Joseph  Rosenkrans 
Levi  P.  Sabin  .  . 
Rollin  A.  Sawyer  . 
Samuel  Sawyer 
Elias  S.  Schenck  . 
H.  O.  Schermerhorn 
J.  W.  Schermerhorn 
Henry  M.  Scudder 
Ora  H.  Seymour  . 
Ezra  D.  Shaw  .  . 
Franklin  G.  Sherrill 
James  Sinclair  .  . 
James  A.  Skinner  . 
T.  H.  Skinner,  Jr.  . 
Hiram  Slauson  .  . 
James  R.  Smith 
Socrates  Smith  .  . 
Peter  Snyder  .  . 
Henry  H.  Stebbins 
Ignace  Steiner  .  . 
Robert  Sloss  .  . 
Austin  P.  Stockwell 
Charles  A.  Stoddard 
Elijah  W.  Stoddard 
James  W.  Strong  . 
Byron  Sunderland  . 
Joseph  W.  Sutphen 
John  W.  Teal  .  . 
John  C.  Territt  .     . 


Feb.  16, 
April  8, 
April  8, 
April  2, 
April  7, 
April  10, 
April  14, 
April  II, 
April  II, 
April  7, 
April 
April 
April 
April 
April 
April 


4, 


June  29, 


Apr: 
Apr 
Apr 
Apr 
Apr: 
Apr 
Apr 
Apr 
Apr 
Apr 
Apr: 
Apr 
Mar 
Apr: 


1  7, 
I18, 
1  8, 
1 


2, 
3, 
2, 
3, 
5, 
7. 
1  i-o, 

7, 

9, 

•    2, 

1 18, 


843 
842 
861 

857 
848 

837 
844 
844 
840 
854 
863 
850 
851 
861 

843 
840 
852 
845 
849 
867 
850 
867 
865 
859 
852 
862 

843 
841 
868 
84s 


John  Thomson  .  . 
George  P.  Tindale . 
Charles  Tracey  .  . 
Alexander  Trotter  . 
George  P.  Tyler  . 
William  S.  Tyler  . 
George  Uhler  .  . 
Sigmund  Uhlfelder 
Alex,  Van  Court  . 
Edmund  P.  Waldo 
Avery  S.  Walker  . 
Charles  C.Wallace 
John  Ward  .  .  . 
James  P.  Watson  . 
Rufus  P.  Wells  .  . 
Erskine  N.  White  . 
Samuel  J.  White  . 
Theodore  F.  White 
John  S.  Whitman  . 
Ephen  Whittaker  . 
Emerson  G.  Wicks 
John  L.  Willard  . 
Wm.  W.  Williams  . 
James  D.  Wilson  . 
George  F.  Wiswell 
Aaron  R.  Wolfe  . 
F.  C.  Woodworth  . 
Herman  D.  Wrage 
Albert  O.  Wright  . 
John  R.  Young  .     . 


L 
Mar.  2. 
April  7 
April  2 
April  12 
April  16, 
Feb.  29, 
April  8 
April  5 
Oct.  10, 
April  16, 
April 
April  9. 
April  II 
April  28 
April  1 8 
April 
April 
April 
April 
April 
Mar. 
April  1 1 
April  8 
April  10, 
April  II 
April  9 
April  16, 
April  3 
April  2, 
April  1 8. 


censed. 

[868 
[852 
[867 
[841 
[840 
[836 
[847 
[853 
[S37 
[840 

1857 
1856 

[844 
[861 

[845 
[857 
[842 

■853 
i860 
1851 
[868 

[844 
1863 
[862 
[844 
[851 
[840 
[860 
[867 
[84s 


LIST   OF   MINISTERS 

BELONGING  TO  THE  SECOND  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK  FROM  THE 
DISRUPTION   IN   1S3S  TO  THE  REUNION  IN  1870. 


Matthew  T.  Adam  . 
Matthew  Allison  . 
Robert  Birch  .  . 
George  Brown  .  . 
William  Bull  .  . 
Hugh  S.  Carpenter 
Samuel  T.  Carter  . 
Thomas  Carter  .  . 
William  Cleland 
William  Cochrane  . 
Hugh  S.  Dickson  . 
Samuel  F.  Farmer . 
Andrew  Ferrier 
John  N.  Freeman  . 
Horace  Galpin  .  . 
William  Gray  .  . 
David  M.  Halliday 
William  Hamilton  . 
Robert  W.  Henry  . 
Peter  B.  Heroy 
Alexander  B.  Jack  . 
Jacob  J.  Jane  way  . 
John  Johnston  .  . 
William  G.  Johnstone 
David  X.  Junkin 
Robert  Kirkwood  . 
John  H.  Leggett  . 
John  Lillie  .  .  . 
Walter  M.  Lowrie  . 
Joseph  P.  Lundy  . 
Thomas  McAuley  . 
Robert  McCartee  . 
Joseph  McElroy     , 


Ordained. 
1819 

Sept.  17,  1837 


Oct.  23,  1845 
Nov.  13,  1S62 
June  22,  1863 

June  7,  1859 
May  5,  1843 
Nov.        1855 

May  14,  1 868 

Jan.  16,  1816 
April  25,  1838 


Oct.  23,  1845 

1799 
Nov.        1809 

Mar.  25,  183s 

1824 

Nov.    9,  1 841 
Feb.   14.  1839 

May  20,  1817 


James  McEwen 
Edwin  R.  McGregor 
WiUiam  Mcjimpsey 
Thomas  Mack    .     . 
Joseph  R.  Mann     . 
William  Marshall   . 
Ebenezer  K.  Maxwell 
William  Meikle 
David  Mitchell  .     . 
Lewis  W.  Mudge    . 
Duncan  C.  Niven  . 
Thornton  Niven     . 
George  Nixon    .     . 
James  Petrie      .     . 
Alexander  H.  Phillips 
Wilson  Phraner 
Isaac  W.  Piatt  .     . 
Wendell  Prime  .     . 
James  B.  Ramsay  . 
Alexander  Reid 
J.  H.  Robinson  .     . 
Joseph  Sanderson  . 
Hugh  B.  Scott  .     . 
C.  B.  Smith  .     .     . 
James  Smith       .     . 
Charles  A.  Stoddard 
Morris  C.  Sutphen 
Thomas  G.  Wall     . 
Samuel  T.  Wells    . 
S.  D.  Westervelt    . 
John  White  .     .     . 
A.  McElroy  Wylie 


Ordained. 

April 

24, 

1835 
1848 

Oct. 

20, 

1826 

Oct. 

22, 

1848 

Aug. 

7, 

1823 

Dec. 

16, 

1867 

Aug. 

I, 

1867 

Nov. 

ID, 

1858 

Sept.  30, 

1840 

Oct. 

20, 

1831 

Oct. 

28, 

1851 

July 

II, 

1820 

Oct. 

21, 

1861 

Feb. 

-> 

1841 

May 

i3» 

1849 

Sept. 
May 
Oct. 
Oct. 


1849 


18,  1859 

I,  i860 
17,  1852 
31,  1843 


LIST   OF  CANDIDATES 


LICENSED  BY  THE  SECOND  PRESBYTERY  OF  NEW  YORK 
FROM   1838  TO  1870. 


Ninian  Bannatyne  . 
William  Bishop 
William  H.  Brice    . 
Thomas  Burnett     . 
Samuel  T.  Carter   . 
Thomas  Carter  .     . 
J,  W.  Cochrane  .     . 
William  B.  Crawford 
Samuel  Dodd     .     . 
Fielding  N.  Ewing 
Ezekiel  Forman 
John  N.  Freeman  . 
Abraham  Gosman  . 
Peter  B.  Heroy 
William  W.  Howard 


Licensed.  | 

April 

16, 

1845 

April 

16, 

1850 

Mar. 

14, 

1841 

April 

22, 

1868 

April 

17, 

1861 

April 

17, 

1861 

Oct. 

II, 

1865 

June 

I, 

1844 

April 

17, 

1861 

Oct. 

18, 

1842 

Mar. 

14, 

1841 

Oct. 

9, 

1867 

April 

21, 

1847 

April 

16, 

1845 

Oct. 

9> 

1855 

-Ebenezer  D.  Junkin 
Charles  D.  Kellogg 
Walter  M.  Lowrie  . 
John  P.  Lundy  .  . 
John  McNaughton . 
Thomas  G.  Murphy 
Alexander  Reid 
A.  V.  D.  Schenck  . 
George  L.  Smith  . 
A.  R.  Thompson  . 
David  Tully .  .  . 
Joseph  W.  Wallace 
Samuel  T.  Wells  . 
John  White  .  .  . 
Abraham  T.  Young 


Licensed. 

April  18,  1854 
April  22,  1863 
April  10,  1841 
Oct.  II,  1848 
Oct.  21,  1868 
April  26,  1843 
April  18,  1849 
April  22,  1846 
April  26,  1865 
April  16,  1845 
April  18,  1849 
April  16,  1845 
April  27,  1842 
May  7,  185s 
April  27,  1842 


:-  '^,  Z^/". 


INDEX. 


1 


INDEX. 


Abbott,  Gorham  D.,  93. 
Acquebogue,  15. 
Act  and  Testimony,  73. 
Adam,  Matthew  T.,  89. 
Adams  Memorial  Church,  147. 
Adams,  William,  93,  94,  96,  103, 145. 
Adopting  Act,  9. 
Aikman,  William,  143. 
Ainslie  Street  Church,  59,  79. 
Albany  Presbytery,  30. 
"       Church,  24,  30. 
Alburtis,  John,  38. 
Alexander  Church,  62,  143. 
Alexander,  George,  142. 

"  James  W.,  39. 

"  Samuel  D.,  54. 

Alexy,  Gustav,  147. 
Allen,  Timothy,  17. 
Allen  Street  Church,  44,  72,  loi,  104, 

144. 
Allison,  Matthew,  135. 
Anderson,  John,  39. 
Annan,  John  E.,  62,  142. 

Robert,  88. 
Archibald,  George  D.,  57,  75. 
Armstrong,  Amzi,  27. 

"  William  J.,  93. 

Astoria  Church,  55,  79. 
Atterbury,  Anson  P.,  145. 
Austin,  David,  25. 
Ayres,  Enos,  20. 

Babbitt,  William  H.,  113. 
Bagg,  D.  Taylor,  93,  95,  no. 
Baldwin,  Elihu  W.,  72,  loi,  104. 

"         Elisha  B.,  43. 
Ballston  Church,  30. 


Ballston  Church,  East,  30. 

Bannard,  William,  56. 

Barnes,  Case  of,  74. 

Barrett,  Gerrish,  79. 

Bartlett,  Dwight  K.,  114. 

Barrows,  Elijah  P.,  107. 

Baskingridge  Church,  8. 

Basis  of  Union,  75,  77. 

Bay,  Andrew,  7,  21,  25. 

Bayles,  Lewis  C,  58. 

Beattie,  James,  59. 

Bellamy,  Joseph,  16. 

Bell,  Goodloe  B.,  144. 

Benevolence,  151. 

Bethlehem  Church,  6,  9,  20. 

Bevan,  Llewelyn  D.,  145. 

Birch,  Robert,  52,  79. 

Bjerring,  Nicolas,  148. 

Blatchford,  Henry,  38. 

Bleecker  Street  Church,  47,  72,  93, 

94,  loi,  105. 
Bliss,  John  C,  149. 
Bloomingdale  Church,  112. 
Bloomingburg,  88. 
Bloomingrove,  16. 
Boardman,  William,  40. 
Bohemian  Church,  147. 
Bonar,  James  B.,  106. 
Booth,  Henry  M.,  96. 

"       Robert  R.,  no,  114,  142,  148. 
Bostwick,  David,  15,  17,  19. 
Bottsford,  Alfred  P.,  55. 

Eli  F.,  55. 
Bowery  Church,  46,  72,  loi,  105. 
Boynton,  George  M.,  96. 
Bradford,  Ebenezer,  23. 
Bradley,  William,  104. 


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INDEX. 


Brainerd  Church,  109,  113. 
Brainerd,  David,  15. 

"         John,  15,  18. 
Bridgeport  Church,  58. 
Brisbin,  Robert  C,  89. 
Brick  Church,  36,  37,  145. 
Brooklyn,  First  Church,  46,  79. 

"  Second  Church,  50. 

"  Third  Church,  no. 

"  Fourth  Church,  iir. 

"  Central  Church,  56,  79. 

Broadway  Tabernacle  Church,  107. 
Brown,  Daniel,  109. 
George,  133. 
"       Nehemiah,  89. 
Bruen,  Mathias,  47. 
Brush,  Abner,  18. 
Bull,  William,  135. 
Burchard,  Sainuel  D.,  loS,  142,  148. 
Burnet,  Mathias,  24. 
Burr,  Aaron,  3,  8,  11,  15. 
Bush,  Charles  P.,  in. 
Butts,  Joshua,  54. 
Byram,  Eliab,  15. 

Caldwell,  James,  21,  24. 

Calvary  Church,  147. 

Cambridge  Church,  30. 

Campbell,  Alfred  E.,  103. 

Canal  Street  Church,  39,  52,  79,  146. 

Candidates,  10,  65. 

Carle,  John  J.,  27. 

Carll,  Buckley,  28. 

Carmine  Street  Church,  49,  93,  94, 

106. 
Carroll,  Daniel  L.,  46,  93. 
Carter,  Samuel  T.,  55. 
Carver,  Thomas  G.,  9,  135. 
Cedar  Street  Church,  29,36,  39,  73, 88. 
Central  Church,  45,  72, 93,94, 1 10, 103. 
Cent  Societies,  65. 
Chalker,  Isaac,  3,  6. 
Chambers,  George  S.,  62,  142. 

"  James,  147. 

Chapman,  Robert  H.,  28. 

"  William  R.,  95. 

Cheever,  George  B.,  104. 
Chelsea  Church,  44,  53,  143. 
Cherry  Valley  Church,  30. 
Christie,  John  J.,  88. 


Christmas,  Joseph  S.,  47. 

Church  Extension,  67,  68,  69,  70,  71, 

97,  150- 
City  of  Jersey  Church,  29. 
Clark,  Edward  L.,  no. 

"       Daniel,  109. 

"       Frederick  G.,  55,  60,  90. 

"       Walter,  no. 
Clarkstown  Church,  61. 
Clelland,  William,  135. 
Clements,  Alexander,  60. 
Clifton  Church,  60. 
Close,  John,  20. 
Cochrane,  William,  133. 
Coe,  David  B.,  109. 
Colgan,  Thomas,  13. 
College  of  New  Jersey,  14. 
Coleman,  James  W.,  96. 
Colored,  First  Church,  45,  in. 
Condict,  Aaron,  27. 
Conkling,  Nathaniel  W.,  38,  148. 
Connecticut  Farms  Church,  7,  9,  15, 

16,  26,  28,  29. 
Cook,  Henry,  29. 
Corning,  James  L.,  114. 
Cornish,  Samuel  E.,  45,  79. 
Cory,  Joseph,  51. 
Covenant  Church,  96. 

(Col.),  56,  145. 
Cox,  Samuel  H.,  42,  46,  72,  loi,  103. 
Crafts,  Wilbur  F.,  143. 
Crane,  Elias  W.,  40. 
Crosby,  Howard,  94. 
Cumming,  Alexander,  16. 
Currie's  Bush  Church,  25,  30. 

Darien  Church,  96. 
Davenport,  James,  17. 
Davison,  Isaac  S.,  51,  58. 

"         Robert  A.,  59. 
Dawson,  T.  Madison,  105,  143. 
Day,  Philemon  R.,  144. 
De  Camp,  Allen  F.,  149. 
Deems,  Edward  M.,  144. 
Delhi  Church,  88. 
Demarest,  John  K.,  62,  144. 
Des  Islets,  Mousseau,  96. 
Destitute  Fields,  66. 
Dewing,  Jared,  51,  52. 
Dickinson,  Jonathan,  3, 4, 9, 1 1, 13, 14. 


INDEX. 


193 


Dickinson,  Richard  W.,  105. 
«  R.  S.  Storrs,  108. 

Dickson,  Hugh,  132. 
Disruption,  91,  92. 
Doctrinal  Errors,  73. 
Doench,  Conrad,  147. 
Downer,  David  R.,  106. 
Duane  Street  Church,  39. 
Dunlap,  John,  88. 
Dunn,  James  B.,  94. 
Dutchess  Presbytery,  9,  30. 
Dwight,  James  H.,  96. 

East  Jersey  Presbytery,  4. 
Eaton,  Horace,  93,  107. 
Ebenezer  Church,  62. 
Edgar,  David,  59. 
Edgewater,  First  Church,  60. 
Education,  30,  64. 
Egbert,  James  C,  113. 
Eighth  Church,  43. 

"       Avenue  Church,  51,  89. 
"       Street  Church,  92,  95. 
Eighty-fourth  Street  Church,  58,  145. 
Eleventh  Church,  93,  95,  iii. 
Elizabeth  Street  Church,  41. 
Elizabethtown,  4,  9,  16,  21,  25,  28,  29. 
Elmer,  Jonathan,  16. 
Ely,  James,  79. 

"     Ezra  S.,  38. 
Emanuel  Church,  55. 
Englewood  Church,  96. 
Enterprises,  New,  66. 
Evans,  Thomas  J.,  52,  79. 

Faith  Church,  148. 

Faitoute,  George,  26,  31,  35,  40. 

Farmer,  Samuel  F.,  60,  136. 

Female  Societies,  65. 

Ferrier,  Andrew,  135. 

Fifteenth  Street  Church,  40,  54. 

Fiftieth  StreetTabernacle  Church,  59. 

Findlay,  John  B.,  79. 

Finney,  Charles  G.,  107. 

First  Church,  147. 

First  Union  Church,  143. 

Fish,  Peter,  26,  31,  36. 

Fisher,  Samuel,  30. 

Fishkill  Church,  17. 

Florida  Church,  20,  23,  24,  30. 


Forbes,  Jesse  F.,  147. 

Force,  James  G.,  28. 

Foreign  Missions,  79. 

Fortieth  Street  Church,  62,  142. 

Forty-Second  Street  Church,  55,  143. 

Fourth  Church,  146. 

Fourteenth  Street  Church,  113,  146. 

Foxcroft,  13. 

Eraser,  Alexander  G.,  48,  49. 

David  R.,  61. 
Free  Church,  First,  49,  72,  loi,  106. 

"  "         Second,  107, 

Third,  108. 

"  "         Fourth,  108. 

Freeman,  Jonathan,  27,  30. 

"         Amasa  S.,  95. 
French  Evangelical  Church,  96,  146. 
Frey,  Christian  F.,  44. 
Funk,  Seymour  P.,  40. 

Garnet,  Henry  H.,  112,  148. 
Gardner,  Edward  P.,  114. 
German  Church,  Second,  147. 

"  "         109. 

Giles,  John,  28. 
Gillett,  Ezra  PI.,  93,  95,  112. 
Goldsmith,  John,  40. 
Goshen  Church,  8,  9,  18,  30. 
Graham,  Chauncey,  17. 
Graham's  Church,  88. 
Grand  Street  Church,  58. 
Grandlienard,  Henri  L.,  146. 
Grant,  John,  15. 
Gray,  William,  42,  43,  44,  135. 
Green,  Jacob,  15,  22,  23. 
Greenleaf,  Jonathan,  53,  79. 

"  Joseph,  61. 

Greensburgh  Church,  48. 

"  South,  48,  134. 

Griffin,  Edward  D.  27,  28,  31. 
Grover,  Joseph,  23. 
Gubby,  James,  60. 

Hall,  John,  40. 
Halsey,  Charles,  90. 

"       A.  Woodruff,  144. 

"       Samuel  P.  114. 
Hamilton,  Samuel  M.,  146. 

"  William,  136. 

Hamden  Church,  133. 


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194 


INDEX. 


Hammond  Street  Church,  54. 
Hanover  Church,  5,  6,  9,  15,  20,  27. 

"         South  Church,  27,  28. 
Harkness,  James,  42,  61. 
Harlan,  Richard  D.,  147. 
Harlem  Church,  93,  95,  112,  144. 
Harpersfield  Church,  26,  30. 
Hart,  Charles  E.,  62. 
Harvey,  Joseph,  52,  79. 
Hastings,  Thomas  S.,  94,  149. 
Hatfield,  Edwin  F.,  105,  112. 
Haverstraw  Church,  112. 

"  Central  Church,  95. 

"  North  Church,  59. 

Haynes,  Selden,  108. 
Hemstead  Church,  2^,  4i»  ^SS- 
Hewet,  Nathaniel,  58. 
Hillyer,  Asa,  28,  31. 
Hitchcock,  Edward  W.,  113,  146. 
Hoadley,  James  H.,  148. 
Hoboken,  First  Church,  113. 

"  West  Church,  113. 

Hodge,  Casper  W.,  59,  79. 
Hoge,  William  J.,  37. 
Hoover,  Charles,  113. 
Hope  Church,  56. 
Hopewell  Church,  27,  30. 
Hopper,  Edward,  62. 
Holt,  Edwin,  93,  96. 
Hopkins,  David,  90. 
Horton,  Azariah,  15. 

"         Simon,  3,  7,  15. 
Houston,  Joseph,  3,  5. 
Houston    and    Thompson     Streets 

Church,  149. 
Hovey,  J.  Parsons,  95. 
Howe,  Franklin  S.,  114. 
Howell,  Samuel  N.,  136. 
Hubbell,  Nathaniel,  3,  5. 
Hudson  Presbytery,  30. 
Hunter,  Henry,  44,  144. 
Huntington  Church,  89. 

Imbrie,  Charles  K.,  53. 
Ingersoll,  John,  107. 
Inglis,  David,  132. 
Irish  Church,  36,  38. 

Jack,  Alexander  B.,  134. 
Jackson,  Thomas,  42,  43. 


Jacobus,  Melancthon  W.,  46. 

Jamaica  Church,  7,11, 16,19,24,36,40. 

Janeway,  Jacob  J.,  135. 

Jenkins,  Jenkin,  108. 

Jersey  City,  First  Church,  53. 

"  Second  Church,  113. 

"  Third  Church,  60. 

"  Scotch  Church,  61,  133. 

Jewett,  A.  D.  Lawrence,  59. 
Johnes,  Timothy,  15. 
Johns,  Reading  B.,  148. 
Johnson,  Baker,  72,  loi. 
Johnstown  Church,  30. 
Johnstone,  John,  53. 
Johnson,  Nathaniel  E.,  108. 
Johnstone,  William  G.,  134. 
Joline,  John,  30. 
Jones,  Jonathan  J.,  93. 

Kellogg,  Alfred  H.,  54. 
Kennedy,  David,  57. 
Kerr,  Nathan,  30. 

"     Joseph  R.,  146. 
Kettletas,  Abraham,  16. 
King,  Andrew,  24,  30. 

"      Barnabas,  29. 

"      David,  53. 

"      Frederick  La  R.,  59. 

"      James  S.,  60. 
Kingsbury  Church,  30. 
Kirkwood,  Robert,  136. 
Kittredge,  Abbott  E.,  95,  142. 
Knox  Church,  149. 

"      Hugh,  17. 

"      James,  in. 

"      John  P.,  79. 
Kollock,  Henry,  28. 
Krebs,  John  M.,  38. 
Kriisi,  Bartolomio,  58. 
Kuypers,  William  P.,  31. 

Laight   Street   Church,   42,  72, 

loi,  103. 
Lamb,  Joseph,  3,  7. 
Lansing,  Dirck  C,  108. 
Latimer,  James,  143. 
Lee,  Lewis  H.,  53. 
Leggett,  John  H.,  4,  48,  136. 

"         Theodore  A.,  95,  144. 
Leonard,  Silas,  3,  8. 


INDEX. 


195 


Lewis,  Amzi,  23. 

Lewis,  William  B.,  no. 

Lexington  Avenue  Church,  132,  143. 

Lillie,  John,  132. 

Lindsley,  Charles  E.,  90. 

"        John,  26. 
Linn,  William,  25. 
Little  Britain  Church,  88. 
Little,  John,  57. 
Lock,  Nathaniel  C,  56. 
Longmore,  David,  52. 
Loring,  Josephus  B.,  93. 
Lowrie,  John  C,  55. 

"        Walter  M.,  135. 
Lucas,  George  C,  104,  113. 
Ludlow,  Henry  G.,  48,  ■j^,  loi,  103. 
Lundy,  John  P.,  132. 
Lyle,  John,  62. 

Maclise,  David  M.,  62,  143. 
Macdonald,  James  M.,  40,  54. 
Mack,  Thomas,  133. 
Madison  Avenue  Church,  56. 

"        Square  Church,  96,  145. 

"        StreetChurch,  58,93,95,  no. 
Mairs,  George,  88. 
Maltby,  John,  17. 
Manhattan  Church,  56. 
Manhattan  Island  Church,  109. 
Manhattanville,  96. 
Mann,  Joel,  loS. 

"      Joseph  R.,  132. 
Manwarring,  Giles,  54. 
Marling,  Francis  H.,  146. 
Martin,  Sella  J.,  112, 
Mason,  Cyrus,  39. 

"       Ebenezer,  105. 

"       Erskine,    47,  72,  93,  94,  loi, 
105. 

"      John,  50,  88. 

"       John  M.,  88. 
Mathews,  George  D.,  144. 
Mattituck  Church,  9. 
McAuley,  Thomas,  38,  89,  92. 
McCampbell,  George  M.,  144. 
McCartee,  Robert,  39,  57,  79,  135. 
McDonald,  John,  24,  30. 
McDowell,  John,  24,  30. 
McEckron,  George  M.,  57,  144. 
McElroy,  Joseph,  88. 


McGlashon,  Alexander,  62. 
McGowan,  John  H.,  146. 
McGregor,  Edward  R.,  135. 
McGregorie,  David,  17. 
Mcjimpsey,  James,  88. 

"  William,  136. 

McKnight,  John,  26. 
McKelvey,  Alexander,  146. 
McLane,  James  W.,  no. 
McLeod,  R.  B.,  88. 
"        John,  106. 
McLelland,  Alexander,  38. 
McMahon,  James,  60. 
McNeice,  John,  29,  31,  35,  36,  38. 
McWhorter,  Alexander,  iS,  21,  31. 
Meikle,  William,  134. 
Mendham  Church,  4,  15,  27. 
Mercer  Street  Church,  no. 
Milledoler,  Philip,  29,  31,  35,36,  38. 
Miller,  Alexander,  20. 

"       Samuel,  26,  31,  35,  36-41. 
Mills,  George,  109. 
"      William,  19. 
Mines,  Flavel  S.,  42,  103. 
Mingins,  George  J.,  148. 
Mission  Fields,  30. 
Missions,  Overture  on,  20. 
Missionary  Society,  Young  Men's,  67. 
Mitchell,  David,  146. 
Moffat,  John,  16. 
Moment,  Alfred  H.,  144,  148. 
Monilaws,  George,  in. 
Monthly  Concert,  79. 
Montreal  Church,  47,  72,  lOi,  106, 143. 
Monteith,  Walter,  89. 
Morrisania,  56. 
Morris  Presbytery,  24. 
Mount  Pleasant  Church,  42,  132. 

"       Washington  Church,  132, 146- 
Mulligan,  John,  88. 
Murray,  Chauncey  D.,  57. 

"        Hill  Church,  62,  142. 
James  O.,  145.   '-  * 
Murray  Street  Church,  88,  89. 

Neander,  John,  79. 
New  Brunswick  Presbytery,  10,  n. 
Newark  Church,  6,  9,  18,  28. 
Newburgh  Church,  88,  134. 
Newell,  William  W.,  104,  144,  145. 


196 


INDEX. 


Newell,  William  W.,  Jr.,  143. 

Nettleton,  Asahel,  40. 

New  Providence  Church,  16,  28. 

Rochelle  Church,  43. 

Scotland  Church,  30. 

Windsor  Church,  20. 

York,  5,  13,  16,  17,  19,  26,  14S. 

York  Fourth  Presbytery,  93. 
Newtown  Church,  7,  9,  15,  21,  25,36, 

40,  79. 
Nineteenth  Street   &  Fifth   Avenue 

Churcli,  39. 
Ninth  Church,  52. 
Niven,  Duncan  C,  136. 

"  Thornton  M.,  134. 
Noble,  Mason,  93,  94,  iii. 
North  Church,  49,  72,  loi,  105,  112, 

145. 
Northrop,  Henry  D.,  60,  147. 
North  West  Church,  61. 
Norton,  Hennan,  loi,  106. 
Nuttman,  John,  3,  6. 

Oakey,  Peter  D.,  40,  79. 
Oakley,  Charles  M.,  51. 
Ogilvie,  James,  47. 
Orange  Church,  15,  27,  28. 
Ostrom,  James  J.,  90,  93,  109. 
Overture,  10,  11. 

Page,  William,  109. 

Palisades  Church,  61. 

Park  Church,  55. 

Parker,  Joel,  50,  72,  94,  106. 

Parkhurst,  Charles  H.,  145. 

Parsippany  Church,  20,  23. 

Patton,  Francis  L.,  52,  58,  145. 

"       William,  45,  72,  loi,  103. 
Paxton,  John  R.,  149. 

"       William  M.,  37,  147. 
Pay  son,  Edward  P.,  143. 

"       George  S.,  146. 
Pearl  Street  Church,  88,  89,  93. 
Peekskill  Church,  48,  79. 
Pemberton,  Ebenezer,  3,  5,  n,  14,  16. 
Penny,  Joseph,  51,  88. 
Pennington,  James  C.  W.,  11 1. 
Peppard,  Francis,  20. 
Perkins,  George  W.,  47,  72,  loi,  106. 
Perrine,  Matthew  L.  R.,  28,  42. 


Perth  Amboy,  Church,  29. 
Peters,  Absalom,  72. 
Petrie,  James,  133. 
Philadelphia  Convention,  75. 
Phelps,  George  O.,  144. 
Phillips  Church,  54. 
"        George,  3,  7. 
"        William  W.,  37,  88,  89. 
Phraner,  Wilson,  133. 
Piermont  Church,  57. 
Pierson,  John,  3,  4,  11. 
Pisek,  Vincent,  147. 
Plumley,  Gardiner  S.,  59. 
Porter,  Charles  S.,  107. 
Potts,  Arthur,  57. 

"      George,  39,  54. 
Presbytery,  New  Brunswick,  10,  11. 
"  East  Jersey,  3,  8,  9. 

"  Long  Island,  3,  7,  9. 

New  York,  3, 9,  31,35,84, 
141. 
"  NewYork,  Second,  79, 91. 

"  "        "      Fourth,  87, 93. 

"  Ass.  Ref.  87, 88. 
Price,  Eliphalet,  29. 
Prime,  Samuel  I.,  79. 
"       Wendell,  134. 
Princeton  Seminary,  64. 
Proudfit,  James,  88. 
Providence  Church,  133. 
Provost  Street,  47. 
Pumry,  Samuel,  3,  7. 
Puritans  Church,  146. 


Rahway  Church,  15,  28. 
Ramsay,  James  S.,  145. 
Rankin,  Edward  E.,  55. 
Read,  Charles^.,  89,  93. 
Redeemer,  Church  of,  148. 
Reid,  Alexander,  135. 
Reunion,  75,  77,  78,  136. 
Remson's  Bush  Church,  30. 
Revivals,  12,  13,  82,  83. 
Rice,  Benjamin  H.,  89. 
"     Nathan  L.,  39,  40. 
Richards,  Aaron,  15. 
"         James,  27. 
Riggs,  Elias,  29. 
Riley,  Henry  A.,  51,  89. 
Rivington  Street  Chmxh,  (Ger.),  114, 


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INDEX. 


197 


Riverdale  Church,  96. 
Robertson,  Samuel,  41. 
Rockland  Lake  Church,  60. 
Rockwood,  L.  Burton,  93. 
Rockaway  Church,  20,  27,  29. 
Rockwell,  J.  Edson,  56,  79. 
Robinson,  Charles  S.,  142. 
Rocseticus  Church,  15. 
Rodgers,  John,  18,  21,  31,  35,  36. 
Roe,  Azel,  21. 

Romeyn,  John  B.,  29,  31,  35,  36,  39. 
Rogers,  Edwin  E.,  144. 
Rondout  Church,  50. 
Roosevelt,  Washington,  II2. 
Rosenthal,  Charles  D.,  61. 
Rose  Hill  Church,  iii. 
Rossiter,  Stealy  B.,  146. 
Rowell,  Morse,  53,  62,  143,  147. 
Rowan,  Stephen  N.,  43. 
Rowland,  Henry  A.,  72,  89,  lOl. 
Rutgers  Church,  29,  36,  38,  56,  158. 
Rye  Church,  17,  49. 

Sabbath  Schools,  80,  151. 
Salem  Church,  22. 
Sample,  Robert  F.,  147. 
Sanford,  Joseph,  46. 
Sanderson,  Joseph,  132,  143. 
Schenck,  William,  30. 

William  E.,  54. 
Scrimgeour,  R.,  88. 
Schenectady  Church,  20,  25,  30. 
Scotch  Church,  146. 
Scott,  Hugh  B.,  136. 

"      William  A.,  55. 
Sea  and  Land  Church,  62. 
Setauket  Church,  7,  9. 
Seventh  Avenue  Church,  56. 
Seventh  Church,  43,72,  loi,  104,  143. 
Second  Avenue  Church,  107. 
Shedd,  William  G.  T.,  37,  75. 
Shimeall,  Richard  C,  56. 
Shiloh  Church,  148. 
Simpson,  Albert  B.,  148. 
Sixth  Avenue  Church,  52. 

"      Street  Church,  95,  114. 
Sing  Sing  Church,  132. 
Sixth  Church,  93,  113. 
Skinner,  Thomas  H.,  no. 
"        Thomas  H.,  Jr.,  94. 


Slocum,  John  J.,  109. 
Sloss,  Robert,  146. 
Smith,  Asa  D.,  109,  114. 

"       Caleb,  15. 

"       E.  G.,  93. 

"       Edward  D.,  44,  53. 

"      George  L.,  136. 

"       James,  135. 

"      John,  17,  88. 

"       T.  Ralston,  105,  108. 

"       Thomas  G.,  88. 
Snodgrass,  William  D.,  54,  89. 
Somers,  First  Church,  in. 
Specs,  Shubael  G.,  in. 
Spencer,  Ichabod  S.,  50. 

"         Elihu,  16. 
Spring  Street  Church,  42. 

"  "       (New),  48,  73,  loi,  103, 

144. 

"      Gardiner,  37. 
Springfield  Church,  20,  21,  29. 
Sprague,  Isaac  N.,  108. 
Stamford  Church,  114. 
Stanton  Street  Church,  132. 
Stebbins,  Henry  H.,  96. 
Stafford,  Ward,  44,  46. 
Stead,  Benjamin  F.,  55,  79. 
Steins,  Frederick,  58. 
Stephenson,  William,  148. 
Stevenson,  John  M.,  75. 
"  Paul  E.,  53. 

St.  John,  Oliver  S.,  95. 
Stiles,  Joseph  C,  no. 
Stoddard,  Charles  A.,  133,  148. 
Stone,  Rollin  S.,  no. 
Street,  Thomas,  145. 
Strong,  Caleb,  106. 
Stryker,  Isaac  P.,  113. 
St.  Augustine  Church,  63. 
Sturgeon,  Robert,  17. 
Succasunna  Church,  20,  23,  25. 
Sutphen,  Morris  C,  136,  146. 
Sutton,  J.  Ford,  142. 
Sweet  Hollow  Church,  49. 
Symmes,  Timothy,  15. 
Synod  of  Philadelphia,  12. 

"    "   N.  Y.  and  Philadelphia,  18. 

Tabernacle  Church,  50. 
Tarriffville,  54,  79. 


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INDEX. 


Taylor,  William  H.,  61. 
Telfair,  David,  88. 
Temperance,  81,  82,  151. 
Tennent,  Gilbert,  10. 
Tenafly  Church,  134. 
Thane,  Daniel,  17. 
Thatcher,  George,  104. 
Theological  Seminaries,  63,  64. 
Thirteenth  Street  Church,  112,  148. 
Thompson,  Stephen  O.,  28. 
Thompsonville  Church,  52,  79 
Thomson,  John,  58,  146. 
Thompson,  Robert  G.,  54,  79. 
Throgs  Neck  Church,  59. 
Toelke,  Henry,  114. 
Treat,  Joseph,  19. 
Tucker,  Nathaniel,  17. 

"        William  J.,  145. 
Twenty-eighth  Street  Church,  60. 
Twombly,  Alexander,  114. 

Union  Church,  50. 

Union  Tabernacle  Church,  149. 

Union,  First  Church,  55,  72,  loi,  106, 

University  Church,  52. 

"  Place  Church,  54,  142. 

Van  Arsdalen,  Jacob,  21. 
Van  Deusen,  Albert,  143. 
Vandewater  Street  Church,  44. 
Van  Doren,  Luther  H.,  61,  103. 
Van  Dyke,  Henry  J.,  46,  79. 
Vermilye,  Thomas  E.,  44. 
Village  Church,  48,  109. 
Vincent,  Marvin  R.,  145. 
Visitation  of  Churches,  102. 

Wall,  Thomas  G.,  134. 
Wall  Street  Church,  36,  89. 
Walkill  Church,  5,  9. 
Wahrenberger,  Jacob,  61. 
Wall  about  Church,  53,  79. 
Warford,  John,  22,  30. 
Warwick  Church,  20,  30. 
Washington  Heights  Church,  133,148. 
Webb,  Joseph,  3,  6. 
Webster,  Charles,  41. 


Weed,  Henry  R.,  40. 
Wells,  John  D.,  53,  79. 

"       Samuel  T.,  135. 

"       George  H.,  143. 
Welch  Church,  93,  94. 

(New),  108. 
Welton,  Alonzo,  50. 
West  Church,  105,  149, 

"     Twenty-third    Street    Church, 
60,  90,  147. 
Westminster  Church,  57,  144. 
Westfield  Church,  5,  9,  16. 
Westervelt,  Samuel  O.,  135. 
West  Farms  Church,  89. 
Whelpley,  Melancthon  W.,  37. 
White,  Erskine  N.,  90,  93,  147. 

"       Henry,  44,  72,  93,  loi,  104. 

"       Sylvanus,  3,  8. 
Whitefield,  George,  12,  13. 
Whitaker,  Nathaniel,  16. 
White  Plains  Church,  17,  47. 
White,  Calvin,  27, 
Williams,  Gershom,  29. 
Williamsburg,  First  Church,  53,  79. 
"  Scotch  Church,  57,  79. 

"  German  Church, 58,79. 

Wickham,  Joseph  D.,  72,  loi. 
Wilmot,  Walter,  3,  8,  13. 
Wilson,  James  D.,  94,  103. 

"       Henry  M.,  56. 

"       Samuel  R.,  58. 
Winslow,  Hubbard,  61. 
Wolferz,  Louis,  148. 
Woodbridge  Church,  4,  9,  17,  21. 
"  "  Second,  27. 

Woodhull,  Nathan,  31,  35,  40. 
Woodruff,  Benjamin,  16. 
Worrall,  John  M.,  149. 
Wood,  A.  A.,  93. 
Wright,  Theodore  S.,  in. 
Wylie,  H.  McElroy,  136. 

"      David  G.,  146,  149. 

YONKERS,  First  Church,  113. 
Yorkville  Church,  54,  55. 
Young,  John,  25. 

ZiON  Church,  147. 


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